Senseless Sunday Sarcasm : No Sarcasm left behind
I remember high school. By the time I reached 10th grade, I knew how to write an outline, and I didn’t write like this:
Wen I wuz in 10 gred, I rote ok.
My sister taught business writing classes to big corporations for 30 years. She’d start the class out with a statement something like this (but I have the memory of a goldfish and the exact words have escaped what’s left of my brain):
If my father had been the one deciding what was and was not proper English, “We ain’t got no money” would be an acceptable way to say, “We are bankrupt,” in the board room.
But it’s worse for today’s high school graduate. My father had a 5th grade education, but at least you could understand what he was trying to write. These days, you need a translator.
It’s a sad day when a high school graduate tries to find a job that doesn’t include writing skills, but I’m not this adamant about it
There are still jobs where one can stand at a counter and say, “Whatcha wanna order?” After that it’s just a matter of reading the pictures, pushing a button, and being happy about living in your parent’s basement until you can move into subsidized housing.
It’s more than a bit disconderting when someone can’t even do a bad grammar meme right:
Now, I’m the first to admit that I’ve written “its,” when I meant “it’s,” and my punctuation is to dye (your face pink from frustration) for. But, this is not a question I asked after 4th grade:
We “dumb down” the curriculum so that no child is left behind. But what about the children that are forced to remain behind the starting gate until the slowest in the class is up to speed?
Perhaps there is a lot to be said for the wisdom of this meme, sans comma:
This may be true:
But this, too, is true: U ain’t gonna git hire if u cain’t rite and yer rezmay ain’t proffeshnal.
So there you have it (the reason why I’m not pushing buttons at a fast-food restaurant).
Now it’s time to prepare for scrabble, where I can suitably butcher the English language (using 2-letter words acceptable only on scrabble boards) and other words I never knew existed.
That’s what scrabble dictionaries R 4.
Did I mention how dreadfully much I hate the color yellow?
You are so right. It’s comical but sadly too true that it’s how young people write nowadays.
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I see it every day, from people in there early 20’s who deserved a much better education.
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Same here. Tragic.
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Hard to push the “like” button…
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I know.
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I was bored and tried to understand the fight among Kanye West, Kim K. West, Drake, Arianna, etc. So, I followed a link from the news to their tweets and I couldn’t figure out what the hell they were talking about. I mean, I had a vague sense of it, but not any real details. It was gibberish! I guess it makes sense to their fans.
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I leave gibberish tweets to fans and look for real news. No doubt others, like us, are doing the same.
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I hate yellow too.
Love scrabble though.
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Hooray!!! Someone who understands. 🙂
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Have you got a list of the 101 acceptable 2 letter words, the longest all vowels and all consonants words?
If not, I put them in this post
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Yes, and my SIL updates it every few months. That’s how we found out that D, F, G, and T now have more 2-letter choices. 🙂
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Great stuff.
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Thank you for the chuckles. I needed a good laugh!
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Happy to share the smiles. 🙂
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FDL!!!!
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Glad it passed the SIL test with flying colors. 🙂
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Oh how you amuse me so! I know, the younger kids are completely butchering the English language. Imagine how my generation will feel when I’m your age? There will be nothing good left!(Or nothing of any substance) Cheers,H
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Language evolves over time, but the punctuated equilibrium we’re seeing language endure today is frightening.
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