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Bijna elke cultuur kent gemoderniseerde edities van oudere auteurs, met discussies over spelling, woordenschat, redactionele noten en aanpassing aan de hedendaagse lezer. Een antiquair zei me ooit dat “de patina van de tijd waarde toevoegt” en het verschil kan maken tussen een origineel en een goedkope kopie. Ik open Constantin Noica’s “Zondagsessays”, kom bij het voorwoord van de uitgever in de Humanitas-editie van 1992 en lees dat “de spelling is bijgewerkt”. Noica lezen had een wandeling door de jaren 1930 en 1940 kunnen zijn. In plaats daarvan maken we die wandeling met een moderne bril, comfortabel zittend in een Uber, zonder bang te hoeven zijn dat we verdwalen — dat wil zeggen: dat we de woorden van die tijd niet begrijpen, terwijl die gewoon in voetnoten “vertaald” hadden kunnen worden. Wat als we ook de kranten uit die tijd zouden nemen en ze “bijwerken”? En misschien moeten we de advertenties uit die periode ook maar een rebranding geven, zodat onze neuronen niet te hard hoeven te werken, alsof we in een escape room zitten. Waarom daar stoppen? We zouden ook de geschiedenisboeken kunnen bijwerken en schrijven dat Archimedes van Syracuse door een Romeinse soldaat werd gedood terwijl hij wiskunde zat te maken op zijn tablet. De basisgedachte blijft toch hetzelfde? Alleen het tijdperk verdwijnt. En nog iets: waarom “werken” wiskundigen Pythagoras niet “bij”? Ze kunnen de notatie veranderen. Ze kunnen het bewijs anders uitleggen. Ze kunnen zelfs de figuur online opbouwen met een animatie die zich voor de ogen van de leerlingen ontvouwt. Maar de stelling van Pythagoras blijft de stelling van Pythagoras. Als we dus een oudere auteur lezen, waarom bewaren we dan niet ook de taal van zijn tijd — en zetten we moderne uitleg in de noten? En nog één laatste vraag aan Humanitas en aan mensen op universitaire letteren- en filologieafdelingen: als de schoolkinderen van vandaag jullie over een paar decennia met # en emoji “bijwerken”, zouden jullie dat prettig vinden? #Humanitas #ConstantinNoica #Noica #Zondagsessays #Archimedes #Pythagoras #Hashtag #Emoji #MrStorywise #BijgewerkteSpelling #Taalgeschiedenis #20260920_1926 #Nederlands #Literatuur #Geschiedenis

Almost every culture has modernised editions of older authors, along with debates about spelling, vocabulary, editorial notes, and adaptation for contemporary readers. An antiquarian once told me that “the patina of time adds value” and can make the difference between an original and a cheap copy. I open Constantin Noica’s “Sunday Essays”, turn to the publisher’s preface in the 1992 Humanitas edition, and discover that “the spelling has been updated”. Reading Noica could have been a walk through the 1930s and 1940s. Instead, we are taking that walk wearing modern glasses, comfortably seated in an Uber, with no fear of getting lost — that is, of not understanding the words of the period, which could simply have been “translated” in footnotes. What if we took newspapers from the same period and “updated” them too? And perhaps we should rebrand their advertisements as well, so that our neurons do not have to work too hard, as if we were trapped in an escape room. Why stop there? We could update history textbooks too, and describe Archimedes of Syracuse as having been killed by a Roman soldier while doing math on his tablet. The basic idea remains, doesn’t it? Only the period disappears. And one more thing: why don’t mathematicians “update” Pythagoras? They can change the notation. They can explain the proof differently. They can even build the diagram online, through an animation unfolding before the students’ eyes. But the Pythagorean theorem remains the Pythagorean theorem. So when we read an older author, why not preserve the language of their time — and place modern explanations in the notes? And one final question for Humanitas and the people in university literature departments: if today’s schoolchildren “update” you a few decades from now with # and emoji, would you be happy with that? #Humanitas #ConstantinNoica #Noica #SundayEssays #Archimedes #Pythagoras #Hashtag #Emoji #MrStorywise #UpdatedSpelling #HistoryOfLanguage #20260920_1926 #English #Literature #History

Boodschap aan de boeren. Ik capituleer beste boeren @NoFarmsNoFoods. Want ik kan jullie gepruts niet meer aanzien. Als het gaat om actievoeren, maar zeker als het gaat om actiecommunicatie. Ik zal jullie vertellen waarom "No farmers, No food" een ronduit slechte en zelfs schadelijke slogan is. En ik zal de wegplaveien naar iets nieuws. Spelling is letterlijk betoveren. Je cast een spell. "No farmers. No food" heeft een dubbel negatief als inhoud. En dus een dubbel negatieve uitwerking. Je verklaart/proclameert jezelf letterlijk dood met "No Farmers" . En het einde van het voedsel met "No Food". Jullie vooronderstellen een denkproces bij de mensen dat er helemaal niet is. Mensen denken oh... "no more farmers. Oh no more food". Wat naar. En zelfs dat niet, omdat deze slagan een platgetreden pad is. De brug naar "en dus moeten de Nederlandse boeren blijven", wordt helemaal niet gelegd. Jullie moeten af van het negatief! En een slogan laten maken, die jullie helpt in plaats van de grond in trapt. Voorbeeld. Let op dit zijn geen slogans. Dit is de fase ervoor. "Dutch farmers make/produce your/ your baby's/ kids milk/ food". Your food? Made by Dutch farmers. Of als je toch een negatieve approach wil, doe het dan keihard en compromisloos... "Without Dutch farmers, your kids wil starve." Dat maakt in ieder geval de tongen los. Dat dwingt de aanvaller in het defensief. En dan zijn we er nog niet. Want jullie zijn Nederlandse boeren. Door een buitenlandse slogan hanteren, zet je direct de mensen op het denkspoor... "No farmers. No food, except from abroad." "Nederlandse boeren zijn helemaal niet nodig, want voedsel komt uit de hele wereld." Daarom moet een slogan voor Nederlandse boeren Nederlands zijn. Deze slogan die jullie nu voeren is schadelijk en gevaarlijk. Het is een energy killer. Depressief en onvermijdelijk. Onderschat nooit de macht van het woord boeren. Joh 1:1. Je kunt me altijd bellen. Ik doe het gratis voor jullie. Mits jullie actievoeren eindelijk serieus nemen. This is my gift to you. Doe ermee wat je wilt. #Boeren #Voedsel #Communicatie

French teacher Karine Dijoud emphasizes the importance of reading, dictation, writing exercises, and repetitive practice to enhance students' writing skills, especially in light of new national education guidelines that will affect grading for the brevet and bac exams starting in 2026, which stress clarity, grammar, and spelling in student submissions. #Education #WritingSkills #FrenchLanguage #FR

Homosexual Adoption Its not really a poem...but a issue i wanted to write and talk about so...ya'll let me know what you think. Grammer and other spellings might be a little off.... Imagine if you can, yourself sitting there waiting in a foster home waiting for someone to adopt you… You’ve hoped and dreamed of getting out of that place all your life.   The one chance you get, he or she turns out to be homosexual, and so your dreams are shattered of having the life you’ve always wanted. Who says that homosexuals can’t raise children to be the best they can be.  Most people have the same in the home, specially in the State of Texas, in that I mean, there is either a father raising their kid(s) by himself, and a mother raising her kid(s) by herself. Many studies have proven that,studies done do to demonstrate that children raised in a homosexual home are no more likely to be homosexual than a child raised in a heterosexual home. “ –by Andy A child turning homosexual has no barring on if their parent is or is not in the same sex process/relationship, it has to do with the emotional development of each child, in and outside of the home.  Comments from kids, who are bisexual, lesbians, and gay all said the same thing “It had nothing to do with my parents, matter fact they are straight, and would probably flip if they knew I was a “homosexual” a friend of mines told me about her conditions of being adopted, and how her mother turned out to be a bisexual. "My mom's my best friend, and her girlfriend and I go shopping as if she’s my age....its so much fun to hang around them. I get the knowledge of being around homosexuals, besides how they act in a group of straight friends, and around people who are gay and lesbians, and even bi.” Many people don’t find a problem with it. Rosie O’Donnell has children who are adopted but it was before she announced herself as being a Lesbian, and once she did she had many problems with try to adopt more children after that. She has the capital and the will and the determination to raise such amount of children, why keep a child away from her? The better off the parent and his or her personality the parent(s)/guardian(s) has of getting that child.  Trying to stop one person while granting the right to another person is unfair and unconstitutional. Each person has the right to, Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness, and if that means adopting a child then so be it, whether or not they be homosexual, or heterosexual.  They still have the right to have a child. You wouldn’t say this person holds these amendments, while these few or so hold these. Its immoral, and again unconstitutional  

Homosexual Adoption Its not really a poem...but a issue i wanted to write and talk about so...ya'll let me know what you think. Grammer and other spellings might be a little off.... Imagine if you can, yourself sitting there waiting in a foster home waiting for someone to adopt you… You’ve hoped and dreamed of getting out of that place all your life.   The one chance you get, he or she turns out to be homosexual, and so your dreams are shattered of having the life you’ve always wanted. Who says that homosexuals can’t raise children to be the best they can be.  Most people have the same in the home, specially in the State of Texas, in that I mean, there is either a father raising their kid(s) by himself, and a mother raising her kid(s) by herself. Many studies have proven that,studies done do to demonstrate that children raised in a homosexual home are no more likely to be homosexual than a child raised in a heterosexual home. “ –by Andy A child turning homosexual has no barring on if their parent is or is not in the same sex process/relationship, it has to do with the emotional development of each child, in and outside of the home.  Comments from kids, who are bisexual, lesbians, and gay all said the same thing “It had nothing to do with my parents, matter fact they are straight, and would probably flip if they knew I was a “homosexual” a friend of mines told me about her conditions of being adopted, and how her mother turned out to be a bisexual. "My mom's my best friend, and her girlfriend and I go shopping as if she’s my age....its so much fun to hang around them. I get the knowledge of being around homosexuals, besides how they act in a group of straight friends, and around people who are gay and lesbians, and even bi.” Many people don’t find a problem with it. Rosie O’Donnell has children who are adopted but it was before she announced herself as being a Lesbian, and once she did she had many problems with try to adopt more children after that. She has the capital and the will and the determination to raise such amount of children, why keep a child away from her? The better off the parent and his or her personality the parent(s)/guardian(s) has of getting that child.  Trying to stop one person while granting the right to another person is unfair and unconstitutional. Each person has the right to, Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness, and if that means adopting a child then so be it, whether or not they be homosexual, or heterosexual.  They still have the right to have a child. You wouldn’t say this person holds these amendments, while these few or so hold these. Its immoral, and again unconstitutional  

Homosexual Adoption Its not really a poem...but a issue i wanted to write and talk about so...ya'll let me know what you think. Grammer and other spellings might be a little off.... Imagine if you can, yourself sitting there waiting in a foster home waiting for someone to adopt you… You’ve hoped and dreamed of getting out of that place all your life.   The one chance you get, he or she turns out to be homosexual, and so your dreams are shattered of having the life you’ve always wanted. Who says that homosexuals can’t raise children to be the best they can be.  Most people have the same in the home, specially in the State of Texas, in that I mean, there is either a father raising their kid(s) by himself, and a mother raising her kid(s) by herself. Many studies have proven that,studies done do to demonstrate that children raised in a homosexual home are no more likely to be homosexual than a child raised in a heterosexual home. “ –by Andy A child turning homosexual has no barring on if their parent is or is not in the same sex process/relationship, it has to do with the emotional development of each child, in and outside of the home.  Comments from kids, who are bisexual, lesbians, and gay all said the same thing “It had nothing to do with my parents, matter fact they are straight, and would probably flip if they knew I was a “homosexual” a friend of mines told me about her conditions of being adopted, and how her mother turned out to be a bisexual. "My mom's my best friend, and her girlfriend and I go shopping as if she’s my age....its so much fun to hang around them. I get the knowledge of being around homosexuals, besides how they act in a group of straight friends, and around people who are gay and lesbians, and even bi.” Many people don’t find a problem with it. Rosie O’Donnell has children who are adopted but it was before she announced herself as being a Lesbian, and once she did she had many problems with try to adopt more children after that. She has the capital and the will and the determination to raise such amount of children, why keep a child away from her? The better off the parent and his or her personality the parent(s)/guardian(s) has of getting that child.  Trying to stop one person while granting the right to another person is unfair and unconstitutional. Each person has the right to, Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness, and if that means adopting a child then so be it, whether or not they be homosexual, or heterosexual.  They still have the right to have a child. You wouldn’t say this person holds these amendments, while these few or so hold these. Its immoral, and again unconstitutional  

Homosexual Adoption Its not really a poem...but a issue i wanted to write and talk about so...ya'll let me know what you think. Grammer and other spellings might be a little off.... Imagine if you can, yourself sitting there waiting in a foster home waiting for someone to adopt you… You’ve hoped and dreamed of getting out of that place all your life.   The one chance you get, he or she turns out to be homosexual, and so your dreams are shattered of having the life you’ve always wanted. Who says that homosexuals can’t raise children to be the best they can be.  Most people have the same in the home, specially in the State of Texas, in that I mean, there is either a father raising their kid(s) by himself, and a mother raising her kid(s) by herself. Many studies have proven that,studies done do to demonstrate that children raised in a homosexual home are no more likely to be homosexual than a child raised in a heterosexual home. “ –by Andy A child turning homosexual has no barring on if their parent is or is not in the same sex process/relationship, it has to do with the emotional development of each child, in and outside of the home.  Comments from kids, who are bisexual, lesbians, and gay all said the same thing “It had nothing to do with my parents, matter fact they are straight, and would probably flip if they knew I was a “homosexual” a friend of mines told me about her conditions of being adopted, and how her mother turned out to be a bisexual. "My mom's my best friend, and her girlfriend and I go shopping as if she’s my age....its so much fun to hang around them. I get the knowledge of being around homosexuals, besides how they act in a group of straight friends, and around people who are gay and lesbians, and even bi.” Many people don’t find a problem with it. Rosie O’Donnell has children who are adopted but it was before she announced herself as being a Lesbian, and once she did she had many problems with try to adopt more children after that. She has the capital and the will and the determination to raise such amount of children, why keep a child away from her? The better off the parent and his or her personality the parent(s)/guardian(s) has of getting that child.  Trying to stop one person while granting the right to another person is unfair and unconstitutional. Each person has the right to, Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness, and if that means adopting a child then so be it, whether or not they be homosexual, or heterosexual.  They still have the right to have a child. You wouldn’t say this person holds these amendments, while these few or so hold these. Its immoral, and again unconstitutional