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Editor-in-chief:
Maria Palazzolo

Publisher: Telos A&S srl
Via del Plebiscito, 107
00186 Rome

Reg.: Court of Rome 295/2009 of 18 September 2009

Diffusion: Internet
Protocols - Isp: Eurologon srl

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PRIMO PIANO SCALAc

Telos Primo Piano Scala c

the collection TWO, our way to
celebrate the tenth anniversary
of our monthly publication
Primo Piano Scala c.

the collection ONE, our way
to celebrate the first five years
of our monthly publication
“Primo Piano Scala c”.

December 2015, Year VII, n. 12

David Marsh

Idleness is the roof of all evils

Telos: Writing style is nowadays often almost ignored, moved in the background by the need of ever faster communication flows as if it were a quirky habit. What do you think about this trend, made of abbreviations and lack of punctuation? How can it be diverted?

David Marsh: It’s a matter of choosing the right style for the right occasion - what linguists call register. There are different styles of communication for different occasions, and I think people instinctively understand this. Just as no one wears a suit and tie on the beach, or goes to a funeral dressed for clubbing, so no one would write a job application, say, in the style they would use to text a friend... more

Editorial

Gianni Rodari was the brilliant author of modern fairytales, so reading David Marsh’s extremely amusing and deeply insightful interview immediately brings to mind one of his most famous fairytales: The Nephew’s trial. For lack of an apostrophe his uncle, “a model of virtue”, becomes the fathers of all vices... more

the collection TWO, our way to
celebrate the tenth anniversary
of our monthly publication
Primo Piano Scala c.

the collection ONE, our way
to celebrate the first five years
of our monthly publication
“Primo Piano Scala c”.