This is a constant example of how people interact and affect each other over time in a variety of ways, how language is one of those ways. The changing and ownership of place names and the psychological stressor of them is still felt today, for instance, in places like New York. In my city "new" neighborhood and place names are popping up which gives the current resident (mostly transplant professionals and not long time residents) more ownership and a feeling of a place in the areas history. Once tightly contained places like Little Italy and Chinatown now have even smaller subsets or micro-hoods like NoLIta. Even the Meat Packing District got a new name as it was being revitalized into a fashion and food district rather than a seedy area of derilict warehouses: MePa.
Nerds are awesome!
You are unfortunately right that the academicness tends to trump other people's appreciation of what it is and why it is important. In the states right now there is a lot of grumbling about treating college curriculum like public elementary and high school curriculums, or like the National Curriculum in the UK. Some, equally unfortunately, powerful people have even gone so far as to say that all education should be directly vocational and be dicontinued if it does not immediately result in a job.
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This is a constant example of how people interact and affect each other over time in a variety of ways, how language is one of those ways. The changing and ownership of place names and the psychological stressor of them is still felt today, for instance, in places like New York. In my city "new" neighborhood and place names are popping up which gives the current resident (mostly transplant professionals and not long time residents) more ownership and a feeling of a place in the areas history. Once tightly contained places like Little Italy and Chinatown now have even smaller subsets or micro-hoods like NoLIta. Even the Meat Packing District got a new name as it was being revitalized into a fashion and food district rather than a seedy area of derilict warehouses: MePa.
Nerds are awesome!
You are unfortunately right that the academicness tends to trump other people's appreciation of what it is and why it is important. In the states right now there is a lot of grumbling about treating college curriculum like public elementary and high school curriculums, or like the National Curriculum in the UK. Some, equally unfortunately, powerful people have even gone so far as to say that all education should be directly vocational and be dicontinued if it does not immediately result in a job.
Jumping of teacher soap box now.