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23 Feb 2009, 8:01 pm

Of course we've all seen this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome

But wait until you see this: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome! !!

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23 Feb 2009, 8:07 pm

The Simple wiki one did explain it in a, well, simpler and more understandable way, but is the entire point of that wiki after all.

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23 Feb 2009, 8:11 pm

"When people talk to each other, they use spoken words to communicate."

Humm, really?

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23 Feb 2009, 8:36 pm

Kauf039 wrote:

"When people talk to each other, they use spoken words to communicate."

Humm, really?

Is this where I get to blurt out, “NOWAI!”

I’m assuming Simple Wiki is where they ‘dumb things down’? And by ‘dumb things down’ I'm not implying that anyone who actually understands Simple Wiki rather than the Wiki we’re used to is, well, dumb.

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23 Feb 2009, 9:00 pm

Kauf039 wrote:

"When people talk to each other, they use spoken words to communicate."

Humm, really?

Really.

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23 Feb 2009, 9:38 pm

Simple English is a subset of English used developed predominately for Manuals and Other Texts

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23 Feb 2009, 10:02 pm

http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/ this is a good site. You can check to see who edited what and if they belong to any organization

wikipedia is awful

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23 Feb 2009, 10:28 pm

Well, it was accurate and to the point.

This made me laugh though:

People with Asperger Syndrome often may like doing or saying the same thing over and over again. Other people find this annoying.

:lol: :roll:

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23 Feb 2009, 10:57 pm

I can't resist posting today's XKCD here.

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23 Feb 2009, 11:15 pm

Yeah, until I read todays article I didn't have much interest in the simple wikipedia, but now it's hilarious!

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24 Feb 2009, 2:01 am

That dumbed me up.

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24 Feb 2009, 6:20 am

Simple English Wiki is meant to be read by people who are learning English as a foreign language. Readers have a limited vocabulary, they might know the verb "speak", but not "communicate".
The article was not written for mentally ret*d native speakers.

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24 Feb 2009, 6:30 am

nudel wrote:

Simple English Wiki is meant to be read by people who are learning English as a foreign language. Readers have a limited vocabulary, they might know the verb "speak", but not "communicate".

Bad example: It is more like likely that a person learning English would know "communication" than "to speak": German: "Kommunikation", French: "communication", Italian: "comunicazione", Spanish: "comunicación" ect.

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24 Feb 2009, 6:41 am

Dussel wrote:

nudel wrote:

Simple English Wiki is meant to be read by people who are learning English as a foreign language. Readers have a limited vocabulary, they might know the verb "speak", but not "communicate".

I used it because the sentence "When people talk to each other, they use spoken words to communicate." was ridiculed in this thread.
Also I don't concede your point. For anyone learning English, "to speak" will be one of the first words they learn. However "communication" will only be understood by someone whose native language contains this particular latin loanword.

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24 Feb 2009, 12:26 pm

I like this one:

Quote:

"People with Asperger Syndrome often may like to act in a way that is sensible"

My odd sense of humor again, sorry...

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24 Feb 2009, 1:00 pm

Kauf039 wrote:

"When people talk to each other, they use spoken words to communicate."

Humm, really?

that isnt completely true,not everyone is able to speak [spoken=verbal] so may talk in text or signed words,or with basic pictures [PECS].

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