I have come to realize over the last little while that the caliber of vocabulary people use has drastically declined over time. True, it has always been the upper class in society that seems to be leading the way in their usage of more obscure, all be it, pretencous vocabulary, but that doesn't excuse the lack of knowledge many young people today have when it comes to this type of thing. The nature of language evolves over time as any knowledgeable linguist specialist will tell you, and we need look no further than our own English language that here in Canada has definitely separated itself from British English to see how different things can be over time. However, that being said, there is still a change in the way people talk, and perhaps it's because I find it annoying or pointless but the phrases we have addopted to define things in this internet age is only making this worse. For example:
OMG! - Oh My God!
LOL! - Laughing out loud
Preggers - Pregnant
Chillax (Chill out - Relax) - very clever!
Ses - (Session)
Vacay - Vacation
sched - schedule
like - People just use it to Damn much.
These phrases have ingrained themselves into our culture and are only a few of the ones that I can think of. It is not exactly complicated or drastically more complex to use the full word, or try to make sure that we express ourselves clearly using at least a grown up level of vocabulary. Now I know that I am probably guilty of this at times, but that doesn't mean that I think it should be that way and I will never accept that fact that it shouldn't change. You wouldn't use it in a job interview or professional setting, and why it makes you feel more relaxed is beyond me. So, I hope this has been at least something to mull, ponder, or at least gestate over.
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