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From: lilandbr@scn.org (Leland Bryant Ross)
Subject: Qs re Sampson's _Writing Systems_: Idiolect or dialect?
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:48:02 GMT
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[oh, good, it *is* sci.lang!  From the list of headers I would've sworn I 
was in sci.creationism]

In Geoffrey Sampson's book _Writing   En sia libro _Writing Systems_ (ki-
Systems_ (which mentions in various   un mi legis instigite de mencioj en
sci.lang threads spurred me to        diversaj fadenoj en sci.lang) li
read) he more than once used the      plurfoje skribis propozicikomence
clause-initial words "And nor..."     "And nor..." [~= "Kaj nek..."].
(unfortunately I didn't note the      (Bedauxrinde mi ne notis la pagxojn.)
pages).  In my idiolect this usage    En mia (angla) idiolekto cxi tio 
is right up on the fence between      meze sidas inter malgracio kaj plena
awkward and flat-out wrong.  Is       simpla miseco.  Cxu temas nur pri mi
this just me or is it dialectal,      aux cxu pri dialektoj, kaj se pri
and if the latter is it an Atlan-     dialektoj, kie situas la limo?
tically divided affair, or what's
the distribution?

Also, what's wrong (p. 118) with
Sir Cyril Burt's research?

And why would anyone expect a
young American to be able to read
"pip" of all words?
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