A Feature Of English That Makes It

Academics Don't Normally Manage To Alter People's Way Of Thinking Through Their Strength Of Argument.

Ever Since The Arrival Of Printing - Thought To Be The Invention Of The Devil Because It Would Put False Opinions Into People's Minds - People Have Been Arguing That New Technology Would Have Disastrous Consequences For Language.

Sending A Message On A Mobile Phone Is Not The Most Natural Of Ways To Communicate. The Keypad Isn't Linguistically Sensible.

Swearing Makes An Excellent Relief Mechanism

The Story Of English Spelling Is The Story Of Thousands Of People - Some Well-known, Most Totally Unknown - Who Left A Permanent Linguistic Fingerprint On Our Orthography.