RE: [DL] Language skills--OT

["Heivilin, Jim" <banzai@missouri.edu>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sam.desmith [mailto:sam.desmith@ntlworld.com]
> Subject: Re: [DL] Language skills--OT
> 
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> But maybe this is all getting a little serious about the original,
> off-the-cuff remark; I would hope that Grimm's comment was 
> nothing more than a flippant aside (albeit a slightly off-colour 
> one.)
> 
And why should the astoundingly poor language (written AND spoken) skills of
America's youth be anything less than the most serious issue?  It does not
bode well for the future of this country (much less Deadlands and rpgs in
general).  

Jim "not flippant in the slightest"