| This promises to be a good comments thread. http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/05/the-language-of-alienation.html can you come up with some examples of sentences that would be incomprehensible (without explanation) to a denizen of 2003 that don't revolve around ephemeral tech or pop culture churn? And can you provide and deconstruct some sentences from 2023 that, if we had sufficient foresight, we ought to be able to understand and interpolate a context for? My fav so far. "Skype trojan forces Bitcoin mining, security firm warns" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22064534   The language of alienation - Charlie's Diary »Some examples, culled from reddit, to get you started: hang2er: "I can't get a 4G signal here, I'll skype you on my droid as soon as I hit a hotspot, I need a coffee anyway." Retinence: "The headline, 'Galaxy Nexus: Android Ice Cream Sandwich guinea pig.'" (But tech is easy ...) ... [from: Google+ Posts] |
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