Date: 2010-09-30 08:06 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] lamentables.livejournal.com
"I remember my horror as a trainee teacher covering the legend of Beowulf with a year 7 class, at being told by one little boy that Beowulf 'had a bling-bling shield' ..."

I don't find that horrifying. It rather pleases me.

Date: 2010-09-30 01:41 pm (UTC)
ext_12726: (Bedtime reading)
From: [identity profile] heleninwales.livejournal.com
I too thought that was rather nice, in fact it made me smile because it is actually very apt.

Date: 2010-10-03 02:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kim-huett.livejournal.com
Word poverty? As in whenever an opinion is expressed individuals with limited vocabularies insist on describing the opinion as a 'rant' regardless of the language used or the tone it is used in?

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