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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Paul Jacobson - Latest Comments in Does anyone still speak English?</title><link>http://pauljacobson.disqus.com/</link><description>blogger. evangelist. maven</description><atom:link href="https://pauljacobson.disqus.com/does_anyone_still_speak_english/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:20:49 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Does anyone still speak English?</title><link>http://pauljacobson.org/2006/10/31/does-anyone-still-speak-english/#comment-1672442</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Paul,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I read that same article and couldn't believe it - it is absolutely ridiculous! I think there are two problems, (1) he has a PHD (and that is often an indicator of bad communication skills - sure there are a couple of reasons for this), and (2) he has probably been in the state department for too long.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, luckily there are some people out there who are still trying to bridge the gap with "normal" language :) Some of them hang out at &lt;a href="http://www.theforumsa.co.za" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="www.theforumsa.co.za"&gt;www.theforumsa.co.za&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out this post specifically - &lt;a href="http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453"&gt;http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep well,&lt;br&gt;Duncan&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Duncan</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:20:49 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Does anyone still speak English?</title><link>http://pauljacobson.org/2006/10/31/does-anyone-still-speak-english/#comment-5858306</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Paul,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I read that same article and couldn't believe it - it is absolutely ridiculous! I think there are two problems, (1) he has a PHD (and that is often an indicator of bad communication skills - sure there are a couple of reasons for this), and (2) he has probably been in the state department for too long.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, luckily there are some people out there who are still trying to bridge the gap with "normal" language :) Some of them hang out at &lt;a href="http://www.theforumsa.co.za" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="www.theforumsa.co.za"&gt;www.theforumsa.co.za&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out this post specifically - &lt;a href="http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453"&gt;http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep well,&lt;br&gt;Duncan&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Duncan</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:20:49 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>