Are we so lazy????
Jan 8, 2021 09:45:48 #
Language evolves. We've been shortening words since before you were born.
Ok? So just roll with it, etc. And by the way, TGIF! Let's have a ball! Everyone should BYOB unless there is a SNAFU, of course.
Ok? So just roll with it, etc. And by the way, TGIF! Let's have a ball! Everyone should BYOB unless there is a SNAFU, of course.
Jan 8, 2021 09:59:35 #
Jan 8, 2021 10:23:35 #
Tired of "use/download our app" or "get the special offer on our app". They're programming us with their programs.....I mean apps.
Jan 8, 2021 10:31:37 #
drobvit wrote:
Tired of "use/download our app" or "get the special offer on our app". They're programming us with their programs.....I mean apps.
“Things are in the saddle,
And ride mankind.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jan 8, 2021 11:01:00 #
Time marches on...and so does language. I know I'm inviting a broadside shot but can you imaging trying to get the idea across using the language of The Bard? I know I'm treading on thin ice, so to speak, but when trying to understand that mysterious character, I often have to stop, reread, Think(!!) and move on. What an odd way to entertain one's self!
Jan 8, 2021 11:45:38 #
yorkiebyte wrote:
In your own words: "I say who gives a **** about this comparison."
Jus' Sayin'.......
Jus' Sayin'.......
Take an answer out of context you would make a good politician or 'pundit'.
Jus' Sayin'.......
, to quote you.Jan 8, 2021 11:47:04 #
The language changes... I totally agree and it should, if it did not we would be in trouble, just ask the romans...
No what I regret is the dumbing down.
No what I regret is the dumbing down.
Jan 8, 2021 12:14:38 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
Rongnongno wrote:
Now everything is an 'app' not a program or an application but an 'app'.
App was short for small programs on a phone now everything is reduced to three letters words... Could have been four but noooooo, just three, just like the ubiquitous finger salute to windows.
This dilution of our language (even if ESL for me) is dismaying.
App was short for small programs on a phone now everything is reduced to three letters words... Could have been four but noooooo, just three, just like the ubiquitous finger salute to windows.
This dilution of our language (even if ESL for me) is dismaying.
The English language in America is constantly evolving. Being a bit pedantic about language I get very annoyed at some of the evolutions only to find that they become so frequently used that they are "officially" added to the language by dictionary publishers. Even as a young man growing up in Tennessee I refused to speak "Southern English" and people always said I sounded more like I was from the West Coast than the South i.e., "you guys" instead of "ya'll".
I suspect if you hibernated for a hundred years that after you woke up you would have a hard time understanding (American) English.
Jan 8, 2021 12:26:49 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
I hired a fellow from SC and asked him why he didn't have that southern draw.
He said "l am not lazy."
(Not "I'm not lazy.")
He said "l am not lazy."
(Not "I'm not lazy.")
Jan 8, 2021 12:29:00 #
Longshadow wrote:
When I used a typewriter, it was tick, tick, ..tick, shit.
Now it's poke, poke, poke, damn.
Now it's poke, poke, poke, damn.
“damn” is an abbreviation for “damn spellchecker?”
I feel better when I can blame something other than my typing skill. That much hasn’t changed much since QWERTY. 🥴
Jan 8, 2021 12:32:16 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
kenArchi wrote:
I hired a fellow from SC and asked him why he didn't have that southern draw.
He said "l am not lazy."
(Not "I'm not lazy.")
He said "l am not lazy."
(Not "I'm not lazy.")
Surprised he didn't say "I ain't lazy"...
Jan 8, 2021 12:39:15 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
QWERTY. This system slowed down the typist because the keys were getting jammed. Or by the unions?
Or the most used letters are stratigitly
placed to easily get to.
ABCDEF. Would changing back on today's keyboards give us back our typing speed?
Or the most used letters are stratigitly
placed to easily get to.
ABCDEF. Would changing back on today's keyboards give us back our typing speed?
Jan 8, 2021 12:54:13 #
kenArchi
Loc: Seal Beach, CA
I am not sure what English these books are. Ivanhoe and Moby Dick.
It took me awhile to get into this language.
It took me awhile to get into this language.
Jan 8, 2021 13:25:08 #
Rongnongno wrote:
Now everything is an 'app' not a program or an application but an 'app'.
App was short for small programs on a phone now everything is reduced to three letters words... Could have been four but noooooo, just three, just like the ubiquitous finger salute to windows.
This dilution of our language (even if ESL for me) is dismaying.
App was short for small programs on a phone now everything is reduced to three letters words... Could have been four but noooooo, just three, just like the ubiquitous finger salute to windows.
This dilution of our language (even if ESL for me) is dismaying.
When I started in the computer field and they told me I would learn to program in COBOL I assumed I was going to learn to work with radiation.
Jan 8, 2021 13:36:28 #
Brucej67 wrote:
When I started in the computer field and they told me I would learn to program in COBOL I assumed I was going to learn to work with radiation.
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