> can’t communicate with each other because their language isn’t standardized Uh, you mean "standardised"? :-P My kid is learning to read right now and the am

> can’t communicate with each other because their language isn’t standardized Uh, you mean "standardised"? :-P My kid is learning to read right now and the amount of exceptions I keep tripping over is crazy. And then you get things like Jabberwocky where undefined words never seen before were a large part of the point. Things need to be "standardised enough" for the message to get across, but I'd cry if it were a 100% completely detailed specification.