Chris Nicholson's Writing Weblog
January 31, 2009 • Saturday
According to AOL News, the city of Birmingham, England, has abolished apostrophes from its street signs, deeming them "confusing and old-fashioned."
(See "British City Gets Rid of Apostrophes.")
I'm unsure why some people consider a lack of education (or the lack of exercising that education) reason to alter expectations of knowledge. But, on the other hand, language is transient, and something must push the change.
Also, though as a society we have come to accept that language should be standardized, that truth wasn't always true. Until dictionaries began establishing order, spelling was haphazard and primarily phonetic.
Even today, some (even educated) people advocate not being so stringent with spelling. See Time magazine's article from last summer, "Making an Arguement for Misspelling."
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January 07, 2009 • Wednesday
The book I ghost-wrote and edited last year has been released by New Chapter Press.
By Joseph Niezgoda, The Lennon Prophecy offers a new interpretation of the hidden messages and symbols that have ornamented Beatles mythology for years.
The book is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.
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