Did the English language change?

[freakindawgen]

Anyone remember ebonics? I always thought ibuprofen ment feeling no pain.

 

[peachhead]

"on accident."
No, it's on purpose, and by accident.

 

[Watertender]

There are some people that think the word za is an acceptable word to play in Scrabble and use it as a shortened term for pizza.

Merch for merchandise gets me

 

[Deer Hunter]

My wife feels the same about me.... lol
Joking here but something to think about. Is this the master plan of the liberal academia, fantasy landers, to change their language so that they think conservatives, the real landers, are crazy so they can change the facts of what we learned ? Think about it, we now have an Academy for Space Cadets!!!! Lol. okay i hope someone find my humor entertaining.

LOL! I've known several Space Cadets over the years but, I don't recall any of them going to an academy to earn that title.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Next think you know they will be running a holster.

 

[Chief]

My wife feels the same about me.... lol
Joking here but something to think about. Is this the master plan of the liberal academia, fantasy landers, to change their language so that they think conservatives, the real landers, are crazy so they can change the facts of what we learned ? Think about it, we now have an Academy for Space Cadets!!!! Lol. okay i hope someone find my humor entertaining.

L

 

[pyth0n]

LOL! I've known several Space Cadets over the years but, I don't recall any of them going to an academy to earn that title.

Give it time. Then we'll hear about the dignitaries that attend the First Graduating Class Space Ball.

 

[GypsmJim]

Irregardless, yous guys just dont understand nuthin. Their must be a better way to comunicate. No problem.

 

[JackBull]

If you think their speech is poor, take a look at their math! Socialist, union teachers bringing the US down one child at a time.

 

[vito]

I see I great deal of illiteracy and ignorance about the English language online, but not so much in face to face conversations. Maybe I just associate with a better class of people. Personally I have never heard people say they "reversed", meaning backed up, or some of the other examples at the start of this thread.

 

[GypsmJim]

I see I great deal of illiteracy and ignorance about the English language online, but not so much in face to face conversations. Maybe I just associate with a better class of people. Personally I have never heard people say they "reversed", meaning backed up, or some of the other examples at the start of this thread.

Yeah better class of people for sure.

My associations are literate as well, but many of the people I see in stores are not very well educated.

 

[Jeepnik]

Hey, whatever happened to Ebonics? Now there's an example of the English language changing.

 

[davevabch]

 

[Dan in MI]

I get changing language for the times and kids doing whatever is cool, or groovy. What gets me is the horrible english being made normal. I saled my car last week. Versed really threw me when I first heard it. School A versus school B somehow translates to we versed them?

I just see a difference between slang and dumb.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

The pronunciation of "vega" is like that of the star, with the "e" being short. We don't gamble in Las "VEEgas", Chevy did not make "VEEga", and as just mentioned, the star's name is not pronounced "VEEga". Apparently this all stems (pardon the pun) from someone who doesn't eat meat being illiterate and unable to spell "vegetarian". If you want to change both the meaning and pronunciation of the word, ADD A FREAKIN' VOWEL!

Also, just because everthing gets political here: The current usage of the word "woke" is incorrect and and annoying to those of us who still speak correctly. The correct word for this usage is "awakened".

While on the subject: One was awakened, one woke up, one awoke, one will wake up. I don't care where you see or hear it, there is no such word as "awoken".

 

[Randyzzz]

The one that gets me? "I seen that a few days ago." No, you saw that a few days ago.

 

[Fox Mike]

The one that gets me? "I seen that a few days ago." No, you saw that a few days ago.

EXACTLY! That to me is like fingernails on a chalk board. True: You SAW that a few days ago. So, you HAVE seen it.

 

[vito]

The word "woke" has nothing to do with waking up, or rousing from sleep. It is not a misunderstanding of that word but a newly developed phrase to indicate a commitment to the agenda of the so-called "progressive" worldview. "Woke" means a commitment to the Marxist like concept of DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) which attributes all of the differences in outcomes of everything between racial groups to racism; a belief in the multiplicity of genders and the insanity that a person can "transition" from one gender to another by "identifying" as that gender; that feelings are more valid than knowledge; accepts the false premise that one's ethnicity and gender trump any individual responsibility or traits; among other concepts. Using the phrase "woke" has little to do with understanding proper English or not understanding. It is primarily a political viewpoint for the extreme Left.