tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post4041120041444347708..comments2024-02-06T12:09:18.943+00:00Comments on The Witty Ways of a Wayward Woman: Life and language; a personal story.Jane Turleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-86481504923473473152008-08-23T14:49:00.000+01:002008-08-23T14:49:00.000+01:00Hi Mark,Thanks for your appreciative comments. Thi...Hi Mark,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your appreciative comments. This article was one that I rewrote from one that I originally wrote for a literacy course I was doing. During the course we were made to think about our own personal language development - something I had not really done before. So from a personal perspective it was an interesting task to complete. I haven't read Translations but judging from that quote I think I should take a look. <BR/><BR/>If your interested I have recently published an article on grammar on Disconnected Consortium (link on my blogroll) and there is related discussion thread on The Book Readers Group.<BR/><BR/>Hey Amanda,<BR/><BR/>I see I failed to comment on your message - remiss of me! I try reply to all comments. So if you pick this up.. hope your having a good hols... and have a stiff drink before the next parent's evening!Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-37054644038613191292008-08-01T14:12:00.000+01:002008-08-01T14:12:00.000+01:00What a great personal reflection piece about your ...What a great personal reflection piece about your own language development! Thank you for sharing the link to it.<BR/><BR/>I do social history myself, though I rarely get into the sociolinguistics angle, mainly because of the written sources I use. Though I do see tastes coming through in language, and those can be telling too.<BR/><BR/>Since you tie language to personal identity, let me offer a quote from Brian Friel that ties our memories to language too. It comes from his play <EM>Translations.</EM><BR/><BR/>"It is not the literal past, the ‘facts’ of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language."<BR/><BR/>Mark StonemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-48253837578305789242008-01-29T22:26:00.000+00:002008-01-29T22:26:00.000+00:00I would love to disagree - being a teacher myself,...I would love to disagree - being a teacher myself, but i completely agree with you. When i explode about it (at regular intervals) i am made to feel old, and not with the times! Well excuse me! I dont't care what language you use when you text, msn message your friends, chat on the phone etc. slang etc is fine BUT you must also be able to speak accurate ENGLISH LANGUAGE without putting 'well' before everything!!! Sorry, just finished 3 and a half hours of talking non stop at parents evening so i may not be making much sense myself!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376165267899943295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-21544132277488762142008-01-06T00:46:00.000+00:002008-01-06T00:46:00.000+00:00The state of education in this country continually...The state of education in this country continually enrages me;children are leaving school without basic numeracy and literacy skills. The curriculum tries to meet too many needs and so lowers the overall standards. I wish it would just concentrate on reading, writing and maths... without which you can do nothing. I am truly sorry to hear that things seem equally as bad in the US.<BR/>I can feel a major rant coming on... but only after I've finished dreaming about chocolate! 5 days without it and I'm ready to explode...Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.com