Yeah. Lazy uneducated linguistic bastards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_linguistics
Yeah. Lazy uneducated linguistic bastards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_linguistics
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
I don't see anything in your Wiki reference that advocates giving up and allowing the roaming barbarian hordes with their TXT speak and absence of punctuation to have free rein.
English is a rich, diverse and expressive language. I don't see why those who treasure this should bow meekly to the masses with a working vocabularly of 50 words, none of which they can spell correctly or even agree to spell incorrectly.
Yes, language does evolve. But not at a pace set by Mr Nokia or the uneducated illiterati who walk amongst us.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Neither did I. But I saw this:
IMO people who have issues with other peoples 'grammatics' (yeah ... feel me evolve baby) in tinternet forums for one of the following reasons
1. They use their (often fake) command of the English language to bellitle others simply in an attempt to cover up for their own their own inadequacies
2. It's a power trip. A bit like a penis measuring contest.'I must be cleverer than you because I can spell' kinda thang.
3. They're out of touch with the real world, and not 'with it'
5. Where did 4 go?
4. Ahhh there it is.
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
iċ geþwærlecan clæne. Awende forbeodan ist. Heonan
Originally Posted by skidmark
Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
Hmm... I hear a deep dark rumble in the sky.....
I think the point is that this is a biker site... who gives a damn who spells well or not... who cares who has a good command of the English language... in fact who cares who has good hygiene (eww!)... its not what brought us here, its the passion for riding/bikes/racing that is the crux of the matter.
If this was a gramatical society that would be another story.
Sorry, no Hitcher offence intended, I know each one of us has our pet peeves and this one is yours... but, ah well... you know.
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- as opposed to that set by the elitist pedants who prefer a snails'pace to a walk?![]()
Language is not a thing, it's a process, a working tool of the masses ........... and, by definition, there are more of THEM than there are of either you or me, mr hitcher, sir
the 'brave little dutch boy who put his finger in the dyke and saved the day by holding back the torrent' only exists in childrens' stories, unfortunately ................
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Grass wedges its way between the closest blocks of marble and it brings them down. This power of feeble life which can creep in anywhere is greater than that of the mighty behind their cannons....... - Honore de Balzac
understand
what's WRONG with the word 'understand'?
using a more difficult word like 'comprehend' when there's an easy one like 'understand' may be to imply something you DIDn't intend .....
yes - i know - i do it lots ........ but I do it with malice aforethought!!![]()
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Grass wedges its way between the closest blocks of marble and it brings them down. This power of feeble life which can creep in anywhere is greater than that of the mighty behind their cannons....... - Honore de Balzac
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