I know you all missed me. I know that things just weren't the same around here without me. I know that your life was difficult in my absence. I know you're being sincere when you tell me these things, and not being sarcastical at all (I need to make up words more often). I appreciate that. Really, I do.
So yeah, I was in New Orleans, see?
More on New Orleans is coming, don't worry. But for now, I want to talk about something very close to my heart. This something is a trend, no, a plague on us all. It is spreading, and it cannot be stopped without a concerted, determined effort from you, and I. We must work together to abolish this abomination, before it's too late. This something is taking over, and robbing our society of its most cherished and important asset; our ability to communicate.
See, what the problem is, is that you need to have you timing belts replaced... The reason that our economy is as bad as it is, is because of those damn commies... The way that you do that is, is you need to double-click, not single click...
Please, in the name of GOD, QUIT, SAYING "IS, IS." Stop it. Don't do it. Ever. Never ever. Never no mo'. OMGOMGOMGOMG I can't STAND that lazy, back-woods, jumbled, redundant over speak that has become the norm. Who started that shit, anyway? You are all sheep. You can't speak clearly, and you just say all of the dumb shit that everyone else says. Yes, even YOU. Don't act like you haven't done it. I know you have.
I cannot describe for you, with any of the 200,000+ words that are available to me in the English language, how angry I become when I hear that garbage. How hard is it, really, to think before you speak? Unless your mother dropped you when you were a baby, you have NO excuse.
Seriously though, if your mother did drop you on your head, then I truly am sorry, and please enjoy yerself some Baby Ruth:
12.18.2008
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Hm. 200,000 words, eh?
ReplyDeleteOr, more specifically: roughly 172,000 in common use, 42,000 obsolete, and some 9,500 derivatives.
HOWEVER, factoring in all slang usage and neologisms, there are anywhere from 475,00-600,000 words in use, with approximately 25,000 added every year.
Because the English language does not have any kind of officiating body which determines what IS and IS NOT an "official" part of the English-speaking vernacular, the English language is constantly mutating based on dialect, colloquialisms, and such bastardizations as "Leet-speak." The fields of medicine and science are also huge contributors to the ever-growing language and vast numbers of definitions.
Regardless, irregardless is NOT one of those many, many words--well, technically it IS now, but only because of common WRONG usage--so pleas, so using this as well. Thank you.
That's why I put 200,000 "+"! But thank you for typing out the long, drawn out explanation that I chose to avoid. And also, thank you for making sure that I don't slack. Ever. On anything.
ReplyDeleteI can't say I've ever heard someone say "is, is". My pet peeve would be when someones says "is" when they mean "are"
ReplyDeleteLike, where is my homies?
JRD