Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Lazy Languages


I don't know if many of you have noticed, but people have gotten lazy with the way they communicate. Oftentimes people will use text lingo in their verbal conversations, no that big of a problem right? Wrong! This translates over into writing as well. Text lingo has become such a norm that students are turning in papers that contains it. People are getting lazy with the way they write. Gone are the days of eloquent language. Instead, they have been traded for trite expressions and initialized words.

This reminds me of a scene in the movie Dead Poets Society. “So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”

Personally, the smarter one sounds, the more attracted I am to that person. In that aspect, the quote is right. In all seriousness though, use a thesaurus, try to expand your word knowledge. It will only help you in the long run.

As the semester winds down and many papers and tests are piling up, that does not give you an excuse to be lazy. Language is a beautiful thing. Don't let it die! Keep it alive!

Best of luck on your finals! May the odds be ever in your favor!





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