Lack of vocabulary (Page 3): Another thing that annoys me is when I thank someone for something and get "no problem" as a response. What happened to the old "Your Welcome"?

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

Another thing that annoys me is when I thank someone for something and get "no problem" as a response. What happened to the old "Your Welcome"?

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I can get past the misuse of the English language, however, I grind my teeth when I hear someone talking that sounds like they have their tongue wrapped around a handful of marbles in their mouth. Don't "axe" me why, it just does.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

BudsOwl wrote:

If my memory serves me well, I think they have been using like for at least the last forty years if not longer.
Bud

Longer.

FreddB Loc: PA - Delaware County

pmorin wrote:

Like totally ya know?

I mean, like literally, ya know!

mindzye Loc: WV

alexol wrote:

It's curious that the English language has somewhe... (show quote)

Your thoughts also pertain to the processes of logical linear thinking, ie. critical thinking. Those of us here who had training from our parents are to be very thankful we had that training. Rebukes such as, 'Didn't you think that through, Son???'

lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.

mr spock wrote:

Another thing that annoys me is when I thank someone for something and get "no problem" as a response. What happened to the old "Your Welcome"?

i always think that too!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

sippyjug104 wrote:

I can get past the misuse of the English language, however, I grind my teeth when I hear someone talking that sounds like they have their tongue wrapped around a handful of marbles in their mouth. Don't "axe" me why, it just does.

Lol
I had a guy that I worked with jabbering at the language of the Bro's I told if he wanted to talk to me to speak English !!
We never did get to be great buddies

DRam11 Loc: Polson, MT

mindzye wrote:

I always enjoy correctin the English use of words,... (show quote)

griffzky

I see what you did there.

cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

pmorin wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the lack of vocabulary in the younger generations? They nearly all seem to converse in Valley speak. The word “like” will be used several times in the same sentence and to me it’s just damn annoying.
I think that from now on I’m going to ask them if they mean “similar” every time they say that word. Just to screw with them.

Agreed. But we have to add the tendency to (and not just the youngsters) begin a sentence with "so." Why? It adds nothing to the context.

mikenolan Loc: Lincoln Nebraska

If you really want to be frustrated, try studying another language based on classical usage and then try to read contemporary writings in it. French as formally written, French as casually written and spoken French are almost three different languages. (French speakers use 'errrrrr' repeatedly as verbal fillers, and the French pronunciation of it is one of those things that separates the native French speakers from the rest of us.)

When I was in high school (in the 60's), our social sciences teacher used the word 'basically' repeatedly, we got to the point where we had a pool going as to how many time he'd use it in a single 50 minute period. I think the record was over 30.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

Railfan_Bill wrote:

Hey, how about the phrase "you know". How many times has that phrase been beaten to death and yet still being resurrected by the younger set. My sister always used this phrase so I told her, "no, I don't". it got her so flustered that she would loose her train of thought, more likely derailed. It was always fun to do this.

When she would loose her train of thought, was it because she didn't know an adjective from a verb?

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

pmorin wrote:

Has anyone else noticed the lack of vocabulary in the younger generations? They nearly all seem to converse in Valley speak. The word “like” will be used several times in the same sentence and to me it’s just damn annoying.
I think that from now on I’m going to ask them if they mean “similar” every time they say that word. Just to screw with them.

"Like, wow, man! Something we said all the time in the 50s...

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

All kids seem to have their own usages, and most of them grow out of it. Many of us older folks had the same sort of phrases we used when younger, and we still use some of them today. Think about it. Does that make us any better than them just because these words and phrases are ours rather than theirs? Or theirs worse because they aren't ours? I think not. If you will think back, your parents and grandparents probably didn't like words and phrases you used, either.

Times change, my friends, and and we old folks aren't going to change that.

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

JFCoupe wrote:

Every generation is accused of 'going down the drain.' Yet somehow society continues to move forward. It's just different than the way we boomers did things, or the way our Depression era relatives did things.

Don't give up on the youth of today, yet!

People always bemoan the nonstandard grammar of others while themselves succumbing to the current popular corruptions of what was once "correct," like saying "different than," rather than the traditionally correct "different from." Both are considered "standard" today, only because (like so many other words and phrases) people have used the corrupted term for so long that the lexicographers just give up and say "It's just the evolution of the language..."

"Comprised of" should be "composed of," for instance; but because someone who didn't know the difference between saying: "The group comprises many ethnicities and cultures," and "The group is composed of many ethnicities and cultures," decided that it would make them sound more sophisticated to use "comprised," even though they had no idea how it was supposed to be used, it is now considered "correct" to use either.

The most quoted example of this is, of course, "I could care less," when what they mean is just the opposite.

People like to blame the Internet and social media for this, but it has been going on a lot longer than there has been an Internet. The Internet and social media are still the best places to be called a "grammar Nazi" however, if you dare correct some fool's poor usage or spelling...