tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post4369648527194002505..comments2023-08-21T03:10:28.187-07:00Comments on Bibi's Beat: what's in a word?Bibihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13802559680641810942noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-46996886777825517532007-02-22T12:07:00.000-08:002007-02-22T12:07:00.000-08:00ww- you're right and I'm afraid we'll find those c...ww- you're right and I'm afraid we'll find those cutesy versions replacing the correct words in our dictionaries soon!Bibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802559680641810942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-2718658760286259702007-02-11T19:22:00.000-08:002007-02-11T19:22:00.000-08:00With you completely and utterly, Bibi.I think it's...With you completely and utterly, Bibi.<BR/><BR/>I think it's the electronic media and advert copywriters and big companies that are most to blame...they're using our language to dumb things down to sell their products or to be cutesy.<BR/><BR/>And it's somehow become acceptable to do that. And it's wrong.WithinWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545398587099834271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-36178035420592081002007-02-10T09:18:00.000-08:002007-02-10T09:18:00.000-08:00John, I just bought a new dictionary because words...John, I just bought a new dictionary because words have evolved so much ... but I agree, there's a difference between evolution and bastardization.Bibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802559680641810942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-64761382360603016262007-02-10T09:10:00.000-08:002007-02-10T09:10:00.000-08:00Having blogger issues here ... but yes, Diedre, my...Having blogger issues here ... but yes, Diedre, my pet peeve too.<BR/><BR/>KJ, I too use shortcuts; just don't like them in published material. <BR/><BR/>And Ces, I find myself doubting myself when I hear newscasters (who used to drive the English language) turning nouns into verbs. <BR/><BR/>Must make it very confusing for internationals trying to learn the language, and for school kids!Bibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802559680641810942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-66880004795328641892007-02-10T08:41:00.000-08:002007-02-10T08:41:00.000-08:00Glad to read I'm not alone in wanting to preserve ...Glad to read I'm not alone in wanting to preserve some of our language as we know it!Bibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802559680641810942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-59287199334146929042007-02-10T07:50:00.000-08:002007-02-10T07:50:00.000-08:00I think computer jargon is altogether a different ...I think computer jargon is altogether a different subject matter. Who is to say that the person using OMG and BTW are really excellent memo writers in the corporate world - when the written language matters.<BR/><BR/>Languages evolve otherwise we will still be speaking in Old English, Middle English, Middle French, Latin, and all those extinct languages that are now just an entry in the Ces Adoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338000465619901229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-20395523445787828132007-02-07T04:22:00.000-08:002007-02-07T04:22:00.000-08:00My hobby horse! Thankyou, Bibi.My hobby horse! Thankyou, Bibi.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-29413742022400890072007-02-06T21:01:00.000-08:002007-02-06T21:01:00.000-08:00Thank you, thank you. I'm so tired of reading word...Thank you, thank you. I'm so tired of reading words that have been deliberately mis-spelled.Deirdrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111665177473414894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-24327945241513298572007-02-05T22:15:00.000-08:002007-02-05T22:15:00.000-08:00Until a language is dead it is ever evolving. New...Until a language is dead it is ever evolving. New words are added, others discarded and grammar revised. But to blatantly bastardize a language is literary blasphemy. The United States literacy rate is bad enough without klever adz konfusing our kids, and dare I say a good many adults. I am with you on this, Bibi.John Iveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551706822660152982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-56609815940285089252007-02-05T17:23:00.000-08:002007-02-05T17:23:00.000-08:00i agree, bibi. i don't know most of the trade shor...i agree, bibi. i don't know most of the trade short-cuts you've mentioned, but cut corners mean cut language. i admit i use "btw" and "pix". now i will think about even that. <br /><br />and as of mist'l, well, laughing at ourselves is important too.....!<br /><br />have a good week!kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-71830804361396111162007-02-04T23:42:00.000-08:002007-02-04T23:42:00.000-08:00we are all guilty as charged.
:-(we are all guilty as charged.<br />:-(Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28831809.post-64808192168307158812007-02-04T19:20:00.000-08:002007-02-04T19:20:00.000-08:00Kwik comment:
Kute post.Kwik comment:<br /><br />Kute post.mist1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15225983360910803121noreply@blogger.com