[Essay, Evolving] Fair is just a four letter word in Middle English OR Communicating in a frozen medium
Evolving
Spoken language is alive, and evolving
Go to your local learning institution, with a physical/ electronic version of the Complete Oxford English Dictionary, and check the entry of is
It is a HUGE entry
But only two letters in Middle English
Local Slang
If you are communicating with your target audience, and all understand it the same, then you are using the written word helpfully
But if your target audience does not understand your written words then you are not communicating helpfully ( we miss you @TGW )
Local slang is a perfect example of each generation trying to communicate better
The target audience is their local friends, and their future friends
The target audience is not their parents, and is not previous generations
Standardization
Not until widespread printing were WRITTEN ( physical ) words spelled all the same way in accounts, letters, books and signs. Before each government, from towns to eventually countries, had its own spelling ( Death & Taxes the foundation of all bureaucracies )
Not until railroads ( and weather prediction? ) was timezones needed. Before each town clock defined Noon
Humans hate standardization
We only do it when we must
Card Games
Card games are an interesting example of balancing evolving rules, local differences and standardization ( see notes )
Live service games
Live service games
Fun ones, frustrating ones
Popular ones, unpopular ones
Profitable ones, bankrupt ones
All live service games have one thing in common, change
But forum are based on written language
On frozen spellings
But evolving meanings
Future users
One of the reasons I include so many notes is for FUTURE forum users
So they have context when the original user is gone
When the game changes, new users can more easily tell what stayed the same, and what changed ( looking at you costumes )
This is why I love Empires and Puzzles forum
It the institutional memory
Fair?
Fair?
Unfair?
The spelling is frozen, but except for positive emotional content ( fair ), or negative emotional content ( unfair ), the meaning behind each word changes with time, location and standards
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