Seven short theories on why people tend to butcher the English Language
By: Michael the Mentalist
Alright, This is a few of my theories on why people especially Americans butcher the English language.
#1 : Not enough diversity, think about it the Germans have 13 words for kiss, The Italians have 7 words for love. But we have one word for everything and have to make due
Example: I Love that guy & I Love her in Italian would have two different words for love there but, we have one and are therefore often horribly misunderstood by even ourselves
#2 : Homophones. This is a large issue with our language,
Example: To, Two, and Too. I'm going To be too cool with you two. See the issue there, well probably not, read it out loud though you'll start to agree.
#3 Not enough focus on language in our culture. Think about how many times you see on a child's toy an intentional misspelling of a reasonably common word, This was brought to my attention by the famed Light Brite I believe the name was however that is rather irrelevant. What I'm saying is that by creating these names language becomes less important
Example: Gleam=Gleem, Quick=Quik, Bright=Brite, Extreme =Xtreme, Gummy=Gummi, Money=Munni, see my point yet.
#4 Most people don't read. In an age of video games and over 1000 channels of television, most people don't place an importance on reading.
Example: I read at least two hours a day, this gives me an exposure to words that are commonly used in everyday life, and an occasional highland accent but I digress, where my brother who reads maybe two hours a week has immense trouble spelling the words that I use in conversation and considering his Intelligence Quotient is five points higher than mine he should in theory know this stuff but he doesn't.
#5 Perhaps the most important point in here is that there are not enough dictionaries sold in the United States think about it The Bible no disrespect intended to this fine book outsells the Dictionary by almost 3 to 1 and only 60 percent of this nation is Christian but Everyone I don't care if you worship the big green rock in your back yard should own a dictionary or two and preferably a thesaurus but that's not really a requirement.
#6 If you can't spell or pronounce a word don't use it. The English language might not have much diversity but it has enough that you don't have to use the same word for everything
Example: If you can't spell say, Congestion say stuffed-up you will seem less stupid than if you misspell a word
#7 Final point, Grammar this is a simple one think about when you meet a person If they speak well you are more likely to consider them intelligent this is even more important than clothing, or how you walk, or, just about anything really
Example: Look at the two options, and tell me which person is smarter, both quotes mean the same thing.
"I don't gotta do that" or "I don't have to do that"
"What you gonna do about it" or "What do you plan to do about it"
"I talk good" or "I speak well"
Please post replies I enjoy agreement almost as much as a well planned argument
Michael The Mentalist
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