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Category Archive: David Crystal

David Crystal Quote: “Texting has added a new dimension…”

Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster.

September 23, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators

David Crystal Quote: “Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries…”

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries – eventually – reflect popular choices.

September 2, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators

David Crystal Quote: “English has been this vacuum cleaner…”

English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background.

September 2, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators

David Crystal Quote: “Sending a message on a mobile…”

Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn’t linguistically sensible.

August 13, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators

David Crystal Quote: “A feature of English that makes…”

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

June 29, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators

David Crystal Quote: “Academics don’t normally manage to alter…”

Academics don’t normally manage to alter people’s way of thinking through their strength of argument.

May 6, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators

David Crystal Quote: “At the same time we overlap…”

At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so he knows some of my subject.

April 21, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators

David Crystal Quote: “Text messaging is just the most…”

Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people’s anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what they see as their language.

January 7, 2019 1941, David Crystal, English, Quotes by Educators
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