Speak English
Sun, 16 July 2006, 09:19 pmLogos24 posts in thread
Speak English
Sun, 16 July 2006, 09:19 pmI know people are going to give me a hard time for this BUT what the hell has happened to the english language. The Brent Street thread is almost totally unintelligible (now I'm not sure that's right) a lot of the time and they are supposed to be being taught academic subjects as well as dance. In fact a great many posts on this site are grammatically awful and the spelling is atrocious. I know I'm not perfect but for God's sake. And don't tell me it's not as important as your skills, it is one of your skills. If you have no command of the language you speak how can you understand what you are saying or singing. You can't be a musician if you can't read music, how can you be an actor (in an english speaking country) if you can't use english. The words are used incorrectly and mispelled. I give up. I am considering moderating any posts I find with more than three or four spellling errors out of existence. (Just joking of course) and yes I am the grammer police.
Not the internet specifically
Tue, 18 July 2006, 08:57 amI guess I should clarify my meaning. The internet is a great communication medium and I have ablsolutely nothing against that. It's origins are however where much of the Technological breakdown of communication come from. My degree is in Computing Science with a smattering of theatre arts included along the way. Odd mix some would say...
Anyways, one of my teachers was very concerned with the 'new' language of the techies - a bizzar mixture of acronyms and programming terminology. Many of the terms such as LOL ROFLMAO and such come from these very early days of computer communications, even before the Internet proper was born. It is no longer a fad but an actual language that has a degerenerative effect on the spoken and read language around the world. Since these early days, this language has only continued to grow and change, bit like a malignant cancer really, and is fundamentally changing the way we think and communicate with each other. This techie language is basically the lazy man's english designed specifically to reduce the number of keyboard strokes use when communicating rapidly. The proliferation of chat rooms, SMS technology and such only propels this problem further.
While the technology itself is incredible, the methods of its use and the influence of that mentality has directly influenced the appathy of everyday users and those they associate with.That is not to say that the Internet and technology is the Sole problem. It just provides a medium for its further spread into everyday communication.
A thought strikes me while I type this. One of the newer aspects of the techie lingo I've noticed is the growing use of Iconic symbology. ;-) for example. If we project this forward, will we develop a picto-graphic version of English? Shall we start speaking Egyptian maybe?
Dixi
Jeff Watkins
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Fight/Sword Choreographer
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