Re: Labov's latest discovery in sociolinguistics

Franz Gnaedinger wrote:
On Mar 25, 4:39 pm, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removet...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What's that got to do with why you suddenly burst into a discussion with
something that was completely unrelated?

I told you I was talking to Peter

You are talking on Usenet. Since when are conversations on Usenet restricted as to participation?

, and as you admonished
me to be on topic, I commented on Labov's experiment,
which was the topic of Peter's opening message. As
children and teenagers we had a lot to learn, all adults
were way ahead of us, but when we became adults
ourselves, we began making finer discernings among
adults --- who is above us, level with us, below us,
and we are judging so in many ways, also by language.
What is so surprising about that, I wonder? It can only
be surprising to people who consider language the
instrument of conveying information (Peter, Nathan,
you, and my killraters

As I have figured out for you before, you have maybe one person who for whatever reason gets his kicks out of marking you down on Google Groups. There is no "killrating mob" as you have repeatedly described your imagined army of foes.

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