Another attempt at plain language

[Michael Everson]

“Basic English” is a thing, Don… ;-)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_English

> On 18 Sep 2015, at 02:26, dzo at bisharat.net wrote:
> 
> VOA evidently defines its use of "special English" according to a limited list of words. The simple English Wikipedia seems less exact in its guidelines, but it also mentions a very limited "basic English" vocabulary of 850 words.
> 
> Also, if "plain" is still part of the discussion along with "simple," I'd agree with the point that I think Doug Ewell made near the beginning of the thread that these two are probably not the same in most usage. 
> 
> Don Osborn