03_troopy wrote:

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My father was a very vocal commentator on how the newsreaders pronounced words while reporting the daily happenings. He would get so worked up and begin a diatribe on how the english language has become "b*stardised" over the years. But, as I pointed out to him, that is how the English language was formed in the first place. It has taken bits and pieces of many different languages over the years and used them in many different ways to suit it's own needs. I believe language as a dynamic thing anyway, and that it has to be, to keep pace with a changing world with such an astonishing amount of new information and terminology that simply wasn't around only a few short years ago. If language didn't evolve with common usage, we'd all still be speaking like a character from a Chaucer novel, and how funny would that be? Yes we still need to be able to form coherrant sentences and be able to be understood in our everyday transactions, but it is impossible for language not to change as modern day needs dictate. So thanx 4 your time, gr8 2 b here m8.. :)

 

edited for a grammatical error... :)

-- Edited by 03_troopy on Saturday 17th of December 2011 03:11:14 PM

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Very well put.

Cheers

Jon

Boroma577 wrote:

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Really like your avatar Jon

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 Thanks for that, It's easy to get the tug & van up in the air but, keeping it up there when it starts getting a thick coating of snow is the real problem.

Cheers

Jon