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I got so fed up with bad grammar on TV news that I couldn't watch anymore. Nearly every verb got replaced with a present participle, apparently to convey a sense of immediacy, until there were almost no correct sentences left. At the same time, the plural noun "troop" got re-defined to mean one person in any branch of the military. Worst of all, as George Orwell foresaw, bad grammar and reduced vocabulary resulted in bad reasoning and reduced thought.

"Tonight at 10: tropes taking over world!"

I use shortcuts when sending work emails from my crackberry - otherwise, I try to use english so people can understand what I'm saying.

Disagreeing is another story.

This is the world of Honey Boo Boo. Resistance is futile.

I'm only 31, so this is a my gen and younger d/evolution of the english language. I try to force myself to participate, but its easier said than done. Its more natural for me to use proper English (as best I know how). Thnx twitter

Do they still teach kids to write in cursive? If so, why? I can't use it worth a lick and feel no worse off for it.

lostand confused says

This is the world of Honey Boo Boo. Resistance is futile.

I think I heard oon the radio Barbara Walters named honey boo boo the most interesting person of the year 2012, whatever the hell that is. Id heard enough about her that I had to see for myself,,,,this is what people get when they tune into the learning channel??

Language shapes our thinking. Now that we avoid having actual conversations with each other and seek immediacy over effective communication, our language is no longer evolving as it used to but is regressing to pygmy-speak. How do we think this shapes our thinking?

errc says

the learning channel

The Programming channel.