Lack of vocabulary.
Jun 24, 2023 19:45:24 #
David in Dallas wrote:
(Corrected "not" to "now"--hate auto complete.)Unfortunately, the grammar I learned in school has been changed and is now considered incorrect. I still go by it, though. They don't have a right to make what I was taught wrong.
Jun 25, 2023 01:41:28 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
josquin1 wrote:
The language is growing like crazy. Thousands of new words every year. The Oxford Dictionary like puts out an annual like list. Times change and so does language with it. Like it.
I read somewhere that there were actually more words in the English lexicon during Shakespeare's time than there
than there is now despite all the technical and foreign terms being added. The working vocabulary of the average person in those times was greater than that of most folk today. A brief perusal of the Unabridged Oxford English Dictionary at any point, A to Z will illustrate this point.
Jun 25, 2023 01:45:22 #
Jun 25, 2023 01:57:59 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
To paraphrase George (Eric Blair) Orwell in Politics and the English Language, the sloppy use of the language leads to sloppy thinking.
Jun 25, 2023 08:14:59 #
You are assuming that they would understand the meaning of "similar". One young man commented on the "old fashioned words" that I use in my conversation that "no one uses anymore" and that he had never heard of before. After I assured him that I wasn't making them up myself and that I still believed that I was more than a nobody; I asked him why when he was fortunate to be born with direct access to the richest language on Earth with a vast palette of meaning, colour and nuance he insisted upon using the equivalent of a pre-school paintbox of primary colour? I'm still awaiting an intelligible answer.
Jun 25, 2023 09:39:43 #
JADAV wrote:
He didn't understand a word you were saying. Modern kids are limited to what they can text on their phones.You are assuming that they would understand the me... (show quote)
flashguy
Jun 25, 2023 13:40:39 #
David in Dallas wrote:
He didn't understand a word you were saying. Modern kids are limited to what they can text on their phones.
flashguy
flashguy
Initialization. The new written language is typing the first initials and leaving it to the reader to figure out the words. We see it here all the time. The other thing is not bothering to proof read anything and then blaming it on "autocorrect" when some ridiculous word magically appears.
Jun 25, 2023 14:47:58 #
FreddB
Loc: PA - Delaware County
BBurns wrote:
It's what college learned me!
You know, it's, like, what y'all are sayin' is, basically, correct!
You know, it's, like, what y'all are sayin' is, basically, correct!
Literally!
Jun 25, 2023 22:28:25 #
If someone speaking to me is a person I care about, I will repeat "like" or "you know" each time it is said. They will be shocked when I tell them how many times these phrases were used in their first part of this conversation.
As an employer, I advised that our clients don't like to figure out what someone is saying, they want to know. Sounding like a "valley girl" is not a compliment. It shows ignorance of the language. It is not ok to sound stupid. It is amazing how quickly someone can become aware of what they are saying and CAN improve right away. If they slip back, they will see "the look" I give them and they make a better effort.
As an employer, I advised that our clients don't like to figure out what someone is saying, they want to know. Sounding like a "valley girl" is not a compliment. It shows ignorance of the language. It is not ok to sound stupid. It is amazing how quickly someone can become aware of what they are saying and CAN improve right away. If they slip back, they will see "the look" I give them and they make a better effort.
Jun 26, 2023 13:39:49 #
Amator, you are quite correct. I married an English teacher and is has sure helped me, a History BA, in all of my writing.
The preceding post illustrates one of the problems facing anyone trying to learn English, how to determine the intent of a word that can have multiple meanings as in this one. "English major" actually can be construed in two different, totally unrelated ways. It can be interpreted both as an officer in the British army or as a person who teaches the English language.
Trapper1
The preceding post illustrates one of the problems facing anyone trying to learn English, how to determine the intent of a word that can have multiple meanings as in this one. "English major" actually can be construed in two different, totally unrelated ways. It can be interpreted both as an officer in the British army or as a person who teaches the English language.
Trapper1
Jun 26, 2023 14:49:46 #
Not to mention the words that have 2 different pronunciations, as 2 different parts of speech: Project, Produce, etc.
Jun 29, 2023 00:16:12 #
lerrad
Loc: Marietta, GA /Suches, GA
pmorin wrote:
Sounds “like” my nephews. 🤯
It’s “like”,”I mean”,”I don’t get it!!”
Jun 29, 2023 16:03:02 #
lerrad
Loc: Marietta, GA /Suches, GA
Amator21 wrote:
I know a sure fire cure: Marry an English major!
Poul
Poul
I just quoted an English major.
Jun 29, 2023 20:26:02 #
And words that contain the phrase"...ough.." which is pronounced differently such as "tough...", "..thorough..", "...bough...", etc.. Someone once said it is hard to learn a language such as English where a nose runs and feet smell.
Trapper1
Trapper1
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