Language is powerful. Without its mediating role, we would be unable to grasp reality. Did you know there was a Language Police out there? Someone needed to do it. Words are misused, overused and a-bused here in the Information Age. Lake Superior State University has been compiling a list of banned words worn slick with overuse for the past thirty years. I think the official list comes out tomorrow. You can read about it here as well.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Thank God for the Language Police
Language is powerful. Without its mediating role, we would be unable to grasp reality. Did you know there was a Language Police out there? Someone needed to do it. Words are misused, overused and a-bused here in the Information Age. Lake Superior State University has been compiling a list of banned words worn slick with overuse for the past thirty years. I think the official list comes out tomorrow. You can read about it here as well.
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That is funny. I would like to read the whole list. There are phrases in our house that are way overused too...like "Mawwwm" or "huh?"
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