bibliolater , 1 month ago Yorkshire apostrophe fans demand road signs with nowt taken out "Council says punctuation mark must go to suit computer databases, but grammar purists see signs of falling standards" https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/05/north-yorkshires-dropped-apostrophe-for-street-signs-upsets-residents #News #England #Yorkshire #English #Language #Grammar #Linguistics @linguistics
Yorkshire apostrophe fans demand road signs with nowt taken out
"Council says punctuation mark must go to suit computer databases, but grammar purists see signs of falling standards"
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/05/north-yorkshires-dropped-apostrophe-for-street-signs-upsets-residents
#News #England #Yorkshire #English #Language #Grammar #Linguistics @linguistics
bibliolater OP , 1 month ago @linguistics Falling or would the word 'plummeting' be more appropriate?
@linguistics Falling or would the word 'plummeting' be more appropriate?
Jon6705 , 1 month ago @bibliolater @linguistics Hey, I thought computers were meant to be clever. If this is the case, then they should be able to cope with things humans have difficulty with, not vice versa.
@bibliolater @linguistics
Hey, I thought computers were meant to be clever.
If this is the case, then they should be able to cope with things humans have difficulty with, not vice versa.
bibliolater OP , 1 month ago @Jon6705 @linguistics It seems that they are only as clever as the minds that manufacture them.
@Jon6705 @linguistics It seems that they are only as clever as the minds that manufacture them.
Jon6705 , 1 month ago @bibliolater @linguistics Well, yes. I guess this has always been the same. Garbage in, garbage out.
Well, yes.
I guess this has always been the same.
Garbage in, garbage out.