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The Language War (2000)
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To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them 'common' to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means 'common.')
Robin Lakoff
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Robin Lakoff
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May 24, 1942
(age 82)
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