Agree! Trying to hold something in place, in the attempt to keep it from changing, does seem idiotic. No the language will change as the culture changes as life changes. Only natural! Great post BTW. <3 it!
This reminded me of the time when I had a supervisor who had the responsibility for reviewing our client reports. She was a stickler for details, usually bleeding red on every page. For some reason, she started editing our EMAILS the same way. I saw no sense in this, and went to her to complain. She was insulted that I was offended by her edits.
"It's not proper," she cried.
"But did you understand what I was trying to tell you?" I responded.
"Well yes, but that's not the point of communication."
I made certain my next email to her was clear and concise. Only two words. Sounded something like "thank you."
Me agrees with you that language changes. Do you agree with I? If it’s OK to say what is good for DCW and I, then it must be OK to say what’s good for I. Me will have to learn to use ‘I’ as an object in a sentence when talking about I and more than one. Hooray for DCW and I. But leaving out DCW, it would be just hooray for I.
I think we shy away from using ‘me’ when we’re unsure because writers use ‘me’ as a vulgarism to stereotype ignorance, as in “Me go to teepee.”
Well, about the word "natural"... There's something to be said about AI here. Even though it can create artificial languages --at this time-- it cannot generate entirely new, widely-adopted languages because it lacks human intuition and is unable to replicate nuances.
I agree 100%. Yet, sadly, I still feel a jar at "off of" and "gotten" and a slight irritation at "like" as a hiatus when I can comfortably cope with "er" and "um". I shall put it down to my age, I think.
Agree! Trying to hold something in place, in the attempt to keep it from changing, does seem idiotic. No the language will change as the culture changes as life changes. Only natural! Great post BTW. <3 it!
This reminded me of the time when I had a supervisor who had the responsibility for reviewing our client reports. She was a stickler for details, usually bleeding red on every page. For some reason, she started editing our EMAILS the same way. I saw no sense in this, and went to her to complain. She was insulted that I was offended by her edits.
"It's not proper," she cried.
"But did you understand what I was trying to tell you?" I responded.
"Well yes, but that's not the point of communication."
I made certain my next email to her was clear and concise. Only two words. Sounded something like "thank you."
Yes, language purists are control freaks, blind to a most basic universal axiom: change is inexorable.
Me agrees with you that language changes. Do you agree with I? If it’s OK to say what is good for DCW and I, then it must be OK to say what’s good for I. Me will have to learn to use ‘I’ as an object in a sentence when talking about I and more than one. Hooray for DCW and I. But leaving out DCW, it would be just hooray for I.
I think we shy away from using ‘me’ when we’re unsure because writers use ‘me’ as a vulgarism to stereotype ignorance, as in “Me go to teepee.”
Languages evolve regardless of what anyone may regard as being "good", "okay", "vulgar" or whatever. It's a natural process.
Yes. Languages change regardless of anyone considering the process as "natural".
Well, about the word "natural"... There's something to be said about AI here. Even though it can create artificial languages --at this time-- it cannot generate entirely new, widely-adopted languages because it lacks human intuition and is unable to replicate nuances.
I agree 100%. Yet, sadly, I still feel a jar at "off of" and "gotten" and a slight irritation at "like" as a hiatus when I can comfortably cope with "er" and "um". I shall put it down to my age, I think.
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A brilliant and entertaining look at the evolution of language… love it! ❤️
Thank you, Rich!❤️