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Recent content by Glossophile

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    Defining Socialism (Because Right-Wingers Won't)

    I originally wrote this on the Atheist Discussion Forum in response to a likely troll trying lamely to tie atheism to socialism, the latter presumably being a pejorative. I thought it might be worth sharing here as food for thought. I've gotten to the point of wanting to pull my hair out...
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    Shakespeare Didn't Write in Old English, But If He Did...

    Here's yet another tidbit that I originally posted on the Atheist Discussion Forum which I thought might be interesting for some people here too. It seems rather common to label the language of the KJV and Shakespeare as "Old English." Sometimes, the speaker technically knows better, but the...
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    Today we will be discussing the evidence for a Loving, Logical, Lawgiver God. His name is Jesus.

    This seems to rest on an equivocation fallacy, namely between two distinct yet equally valid senses of the word "law." Implicit in your argument is the assumption that laws require at least one lawgiver. This is definitely true of legal/political laws, but whether or not the same is true of...
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    An Attempt at a Comprehensive Overview of Trump's Vices

    (The following is another cross-post from the Atheist Discussion Forrum that it occurred to me might be worth sharing here as well.) In preparation for what could potentially be the first politically-focused video on my Atheist Linguist YouTube channel, I decided to try gathering my thoughts on...
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    Pipe-Dream Legislation

    As a major American election fast approaches in these politically frustrating and worrying times, I thought it might be worthwhile sharing an old post of mine from the Atheist Discussion Forum (formerly the Thinking Atheist forum) with a new audience (though I would not be surprised to see some...
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    Why I'm Technically an Agnostic but Prefer to Identify as an Atheist

    Well, this thread escalated quickly (or maybe it just feels that way because I haven't checked in for a while)! Let's see if I can at least catch up with a couple of key points. Not so long ago, I would've wholeheartedly agreed, but now, I'm not so sure. This is precisely the paradigm that...
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    Why I'm Technically an Agnostic but Prefer to Identify as an Atheist

    This is just a slightly edited version of a post I made on the Atheist Discussion forum (formerly the Thinking Atheist Forum), but since I don't know yet how much overlap there is in membership between that forum and this one, and also in the interests of helping to stoke the flames of activity...
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    My Brand-New Atheist-Themed YouTube Channel

    I was quite pleased to hear that this site was back up again! Much has happened since I last logged in, but one of the most recent and relevant developments is that I finally caved to a long-standing aspiration of mine to join the YouTube atheist community as something more than a lurker who...
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    Skeptical Perspectives on English Spelling Reform?

    WarK, that's an excellent question! Two languages that immediately spring to mind are Spanish and Italian. German is also pretty regular, and Finnish seems even more so. There is, however, a distinction which must be made between what I call "phonemicity," which is the degree to which any...
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    Twitter twets

    As I recall from watching Aron's videos, a friend of his from his youth once convinced him to become a born-again Christian and managed to evoke what he thought at the time was a spiritual encounter or awakening. The whole thing came crashing down, however, when Aron asked how he could be sure...
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    Skeptical Perspectives on English Spelling Reform?

    I arrived at the English/Chinese comparison independently, but although I must admit to not being able to track it down, I'm pretty sure I stumbled upon another person making a similar remark in my research a couple of years ago. In trying to locate the original third-party comment, I did find...
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    Skeptical Perspectives on English Spelling Reform?

    This claim, intuitive though it may be, is debatable at best. I revisited Spelling and Society, the book that served as an important text in two relevant courses that I've taken at my university, one on writing systems in general and the other on the sociolinguistics of writing. In Chapter 6...
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    Skeptical Perspectives on English Spelling Reform?

    Well, I will gladly show you my proposed spelling system and how it works, but I would be remiss if I didn't remind you that mine is only one of several, and they range from quite conservative to even more radical than mine, such as Shavian. As a quick sample, let's see if you recognize this...
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    Skeptical Perspectives on English Spelling Reform?

    Well, Gnug215, I hope you don't mind if I reprint a detailed comment of mine from a few years ago on another forum, with only the sample dates updated. ---------- Piecemeal reform (a reform implemented in stages rather than all at once) does seem like an almost ideal solution. It's bound to be...
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    Skeptical Perspectives on English Spelling Reform?

    Wow! I am pleasantly surprised at the response I got! Let's look at the costs-versus-benefits issue mentioned by special frog first, which I think incidentally addresses most of the other points raised here. The main benefit for which most reformers advocate is much easier and therefore...
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