He never signed his messages to me, but sometimes he put an "&" at the end, which, I learned, means "Write back" in E-mail language.
Victims' advocates echo what the readers told me in their e-mails: language in news media reports — and, for that matter, in the court system itself — consistently underplays the brutality of sex crimes and misapplies terms that imply consent.
Erin McKean's column on neologisms will probably garner a lot of mail (On Language, Aug. 25).
E. Like sending this letter by certified mail, this language may have been prompted by the legal department, Ms. Stage said.
But according to a recent article in the UK's Daily Mail, some language experts say that today's girls are becoming more blunt and direct, thanks to the rise of technologies such as texting and social media.
Rama answered via e-mail, saying: "Language comprehension and production evolved in connection with HEARING probably 150,000 yrs ago and to some extent is 'hard wired'; whereas writing is 5000 to 7000 years old — partially going piggyback on the same circuits, but partially involving new brain structures like the left angular gyrus (damage to which disrupts reading writing and arithmetic).
The e-mail would include language to tweet or to use in a Facebook post, and he always invited readers to put the post on their blogs, too.
"This is the Internet's first e-mail service with language translation available right within the Web browser," said Tim DiScipio, ePals.com's chief executive and co-founder.
I am one of the few English speakers Zhou knows, and am the de-facto translator for all English-language mail.
Some of the e-mails contained provocative language about those who question the prevailing scientific view that the global climate is heating up because of the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities.
Some government-level content filters even control the use of Internet services including e-mail, Internet hosting, language translation, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype.
