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Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of
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| Robert Jones 2008-01-09, 6:56 pm |
| On Jan 9, 1:25 pm, docdw...@panix.com () wrote:
> In article <6781f1bf-1352-4dfe-9508-d3ebdefcc...@m77g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
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> Alistair <alist...@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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> Mr Maclean, with all appropriate credit due your powers of certainty...
> there have not been very many times I can recall when folks compare
> education 'as it is now' and with education 'as it was then' and say 'Oh,
> nowadays things are *ever*-so-much better; the curriculum is superior, the
> presentation more efficient and the students more motivated than they were
> in My Schoolchildhood.'
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> Consider the joke (or attempt thereat) from the Oldene Dayse:
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> Grandma: 'Now, dear, I've noticed your language is getting a bit lazy and
> that should be corrected; there are two words, for instance, that you
> should no longer use. One is 'neat' and the other is 'swell'.'
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> Bobbysoxer: 'Sure thing, Grams... so what are they?'
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> Notice the linguistic shift, where the Youngster is hearing the Oldster's
> words as incomplete adjectival phrases ('What is the 'swell' word you want
> me to stop using?').
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> Notice, also, that Bobbysoxer is so Anciente a Terme as to be nigh
> incomprehensible... and it used to be the bee's knees, too!
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> DD
I am waiting for "tepid" to become an popular adjective to denote
something considered very good, after all I don't really wan't to get
frozen or boiled.
Robert
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| In article <333439fb-d004-44ea-9106-9315e0fbb626@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Robert Jones <rjones0@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On Jan 9, 1:25 pm, docdw...@panix.com () wrote:
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>I am waiting for "tepid" to become an popular adjective to denote
>something considered very good, after all I don't really wan't to get
>frozen or boiled.
Hmmmmm... that might make for an interesting study, Mr Jones. Most of the
American colloquial terms of approval with which I'm familiar are either
monosyllabic ( , fine, neat, swell, keen, sweet) or combinations
of monosyllables (in the groove, all reet, hot stuff). Terms like 'the
cat's pajamas' aren't of this nature... but how many more?
DD
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