Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id HAA00252; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 07:22:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 07:22:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <d03db142.348e89ea@aol.com> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: G Span 1 <GSpan1@aol.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:104] Re: Information "Literacy" ??? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Inet_Mail_Out (IMOv11) Status: RO Dear Peggy, I have for years shared your annoyance with the attachment of the word "literacy" to information, computer--and more recently, economic. Not only is it a wild stretch in meaning but it dilutes the word when used for its proper purposes. Alas, I guess the only recourse we have is to be annoyed and to celebrate at every opportunity those who are more conscious of word meaning and the weight of a word. Here's to you-- Gail Spangenberg
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