David Crystal - Texts and Tweets: myths and realities

TheMumfordBoy Says:

Apr 25, 2012 - Stephen Fry and he need to go talk the shit out of people!

bakakurisu Says:

Dec 30, 2011 - I think you have me confused with someone else, Dude.

pragmatismnotidealis Says:

Nov 29, 2011 - I see John Humphrey's has two accounts

afanara Says:

Aug 4, 2011 - i listened the man in belgrade couple of years ago... he talked for an hour...at the end he actually invited couple of us who got messages in english to show them to him... he was fascinated by the form of english in serbian youth... now that's a pro:) one who can say he learned something from the students

liwainstitut Says:

Jul 12, 2011 - monster thing : IN I read: Lord of the Rings. I loved it then Candle in the wind.Some Shakespeare.Dune. But now, it is a nice addition.I mean to reach anyone you had to be postmortem Tolkien.

liwainstitut Says:

Jul 12, 2011 - Origin of crystalized as i see him froozen after I hit pause ? By the way could anyone help us around HIT PAUSE ?

FowardUntoDawn13 Says:

Jun 9, 2011 - No idea, I honestly do not mind if it's spelt wrongly, it's TheCureGalore94 who is the grammar-nazi, not me. He is under a strange delusion that he is a prescriptivist, when he isn't. However, thankyou for your observation.

Thecuregalore94 Says:

Mar 27, 2011 - Bar Mitzvah requires capital letters. Oh, and if I haven't mentioned it beforehand, Aaron, it's spelt Forward*.

FowardUntoDawn13 Says:

Mar 27, 2011 - Fine, you can pretend to be a prescriptivist and continue teaching the internet how to spell. Meanwhile I have a Unicorn bar mitzvah and a leprechaun baptism to attend to.

Thecuregalore94 Says:

Mar 27, 2011 - Not really mate. I suggest you search the definition of 'linguistic prescriptivist' on this thing we call the internet.

FowardUntoDawn13 Says:

Mar 27, 2011 - No you can't, you need to speak Recieved Pronunciation as well as all of those other things.

Thecuregalore94 Says:

Mar 27, 2011 - Aaron...The definition of a prescriptivist is someone who believes in correct grammar, spelling, pronounciation and syntax. You could be a working class bricklayer from Leytonstone and still be a prescriptivist.

DJFootie Says:

Jan 27, 2011 - He is amazing, truly inspirational and understands the ideas of societies youth without taking sides :)

percycatmill5 Says:

Nov 30, 2010 - My favourite man in the entire world, truely inspirational.

TheGoalSetter Says:

Oct 6, 2010 - Content is king...but search is queen. I'm GenX. When Twitter first came around, all I saw was a bunch of junk postings, so I dismissed it...prefering books, the web, and YouTube because I knew how to find good content in those places. But when I learned how to find good content on Twitter, I started using it. GenY generally know how to find good content online, but have a harder time finding good content in books. Thus, they dismiss books.

amaxamon Says:

Sep 2, 2010 - Texting is pure unalloyed evil wrapped in a poisonous meme of destructive stupidity.

theRSAorg Says:

Aug 5, 2010 - the podcast of the entire event with audience q&a is available on our website wwwdottheRSAdotorg - hope that helps. Also available to download from itunes. Becca

malcolmbellamy Says:

Aug 4, 2010 - Loved the video. Here was a brilliant, erudite and persuasive man debunking the myths about texting corrupting our language. His grasp of the change from a book culture to an internet one is excellent and he suggests that we need to realise that we are in an age of transition with text and Twitter only being in its comparative infancy. I would though have liked to have seen the audience's comments and questions at the end of his talk.

drumrave Says:

Jul 23, 2010 - youtube only gives me 500 characters to type with.

Cambreath Says:

Jul 20, 2010 - He has a beard beyond epic.

blizziesantos1 Says:

Jul 20, 2010 - i tweeted this as well. he has opened my mind.

mwxw Says:

Jul 16, 2010 - I can't believe how bright and sharp and open minded this old man is. Great speech.

vertigo001 Says:

Jul 10, 2010 - dmn i thgt i ws smrt :(

plarkmoby Says:

Jul 6, 2010 - I've just tweeted this. Brilliant. What a great speaker. Fantastic.