I'd like to buy a Vowel
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the English language as we know it is morphing, mutating, devolving for the worse. If you read my posts you already know that I am not a scholar when it comes to writing. The truth is if it weren’t for spell check and tools like that none of you would know what in the hell was going on. But I am not talking about the minor shit. I am talking about a complete slaughter of the English language. Today I had to go into the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and I was “Axed” what my “Birfday” was. What in the hell is a “Birfday”? I let it slide, ignored it. Then I moved to the next person. They asked me if I had my “Birf certificate” and my SSN card. I told them I did and they said that they needed “dem bouf”. Then I was told that I was “suppoda” sign on “da” line under 21A.
I understand that every generation has their own slang. Hell, I have given “Shout outs” and “Props” even though I couldn’t tell you what a “Prop” is. But I am talking about the core of our language. It is being changed. What is worse is that we allow it, accept it. At this rate, English as we know it will become a new separate language. This evening I was watching ESPN and they were interviewing a college athlete. He couldn’t finish a sentence without saying “You know what I’m saying”? In the thirty second interview the guy said “You know what I’m saying” sixteen times. To top it off, I had no clue as to what the fuck he was saying. This guy was a college senior.
I guess I need to catch up. Get into the groove with the MTV generation, you know the channel that used to rock and play music videos, but now doesn’t play music at all, but instead run shows that are “Hip” and “Wit it”.
“Peace out Homies
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