Brilliant words
I have been mulling over, lately, all the things I want to dissertate (or expostulate) on in regards to popular ideological myths held be the broader American culture in regards to language (which, in truth, doesn't often go much beyond the mythology surrounding English). It is often commented on in academic Linguistics circles that prejudice surrounding (or relating to) language is the last publicly acceptable form of racism. My hope is that this last statement will become abundantly clear (if it isn't already) after I lay out what I hope will be a series of gripping entries on the aforementioned subject.
As something of a prelude to what very well may challenge what many hold as incontrovertible popular opinion on English and language and grammar and all the rest, I recently found this marvelous quote attributed to one of my favorite modern intellectuals, that I think is wonderfully apropos:
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
- Albert Einstein
As something of a prelude to what very well may challenge what many hold as incontrovertible popular opinion on English and language and grammar and all the rest, I recently found this marvelous quote attributed to one of my favorite modern intellectuals, that I think is wonderfully apropos:
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
- Albert Einstein