[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: PBS letter- please reconsider the word ‘facile’

[David P. Reinking]

Interesting, and a facile fix (

On 5/13/19, 1:42 AM, "reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Colin Harrison" <reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Colin.Harrison at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

    Hi Dave and colleagues 
    
    Many thanks for your work on the consolidated rewrite. One small, but urgent point-
    
    Please give serious consideration to changing the word ‘facile’, and substituting ‘easy’. In the Oxford Dictionary, the primary definition given is ‘ Ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial’.  Here in the UK, we use ‘facile’ to mean ‘thoughtlessly simplistic’. 
    
    Best regards 
    
    Colin
    
    
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