In the comments on the 9 March AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING – FROM BAD TO WORSE post, you made several comments to which we wanted to add a note:
First, thank you for using ‘New Urban Region’ and ‘NUR’ in your comment.
By using the comprehensive geographic scope implied by use of NUR you made a strong case for your view of the future of the Elephant Clan. (We agree with your view by the way.)
A cause of continuing misunderstanding – which is helped when you use the term NUR – is that many who live and work in a NUR (for example in the Fredericksburg Subregion of the Washington-Baltimore New Urban Region such as House Speaker Howell) do not “think” they live in “Northern Virginia.”
Second you said:
“EMR – A suggestion. When you learn a new language the teacher does not just hand you a dictionary and say, “All the words are in this book”. Instead, the teacher starts with basic words and phrases and expands after they are learned. Is there a “Top 10” set of clear words that should be learned first?”
We think you are right and if there were more time EMR and S/P would like to find a more effectively approach to understanding of a new Vocabulary.
That was our intent in publishing APPENDIX TWO, Core Confusing Words. The idea was to suggest words to avoid and let new alternatives filter up in informed dialogue. So far that has been seen as a threat to the independence of 12 1/2 Percenters.
For now we only have time to use the words and phrases we find most useful. Many have obvious meanings from the context except to those who are trying to not understand. For those words and phrases that are not transparent, one can check them in the GLOSSARY.
Keep up the good work.
EMR