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Saturday, January 22, 2005

The English language is changing

I'd just like to say that recently(in the past few years), I've noticed a lot of people (including myself) using the word "fun" to connotate the exact opposite. It's started off sarcastically, but now I can't remember a time that I've actually used the term "fun" to mean its dictionary definition. I mainly use it to say "That ought to be fun.", often without a sarcastic tone of voice.

Just an interesting comment. Anyone else notice such changes in the language?

16 Comments:

At 11:21 am, Blogger jacob.thrasher said...

Oh, the English language is being slaughtered! I'm SICK AND TIRED of people not understanding me when I talk, simply because I chose not to use some absurd slang word. I say that once slang make the language MORE difficult to use, it should be scrapped. I'm not one for speaking with a bunch of "thees" and "thous," but the devolution of our language is simply appalling.

 
At 1:48 pm, Blogger TheLoneAmigo said...

The English language has been changing for thousands of years... back in the 16th century, you would have probably been hard-pressed to understand everyday speech.

Some slang terms survive, most don't. "Groovy!" "Bodacious!" and all that.

I've never experienced being unable to understand people due to slang or dialect. But I guess America must be different... why else do you keep subtitling everyone without a Generic American accent... not just people speaking a different language, but a differenct accent? That really annoys me.

 
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