[Jukebox-list] etymological

[etreble7]

Joey,
yes, this is off subject but I have to chime in!  Having lots of experience 
with young people, both with my own 7 kids and also teaching piano to kids 
from 5-25, I think you have the right idea when it comes to Text Messaging 
but I will also add, I noticed it when my kids were using the Instant 
Messaging on the Computer 15 years ago.

 I think, like you, their brains are working overtime and the fingers can't 
catch up, therefore creating "slang" in our new, good/bad world of 
technology.  Lazy?  I'm not sure that's necessarily the case.  Most young 
people I encounter are bright and energetic.  I am excited to leave them in 
charge of this world when I'm gone, maybe they can save the planet that we 
continue to trash for them.

Just my thoughts,
Jackie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joey McDonald" <joe400f at shaw.ca>
To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] etymological


> Thats an interesting study.
> I agree with you. I most likely missed the words because I think faster
> than I can type. I am probably missing words when I am typing to be able 
> to keep up with my thoughts.
>
> Did you ever think that maybe the popularity of RAP music
> is rubbing off on us, altering the way we speak and compose sentences?
> It sure is in the younger crowd. 18-25 yrs. The latest is " my bad ".
> It drives me nuts. Instead of saying " its my mistake " or something 
> similar,
> it is replaced with " my bad ".  How uneducated does that sound???
> Texting with cell phones is also having its effects on how sentences are
> composed. Proper grammer is replaced with abbreviations / slang words /
> or no words at all, just a letter. Example " OK " is replaced with " K".
> Is it uneducated or just plain lazy???
>
> This is way off list. Fun to talk about though.
>
> Joey McDonald
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Breneman" <david_breneman at yahoo.com>
> To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] etymological
>
>
>>
>> --- Joey McDonald <joe400f at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> I am sure you are aware that etymological means the study or
>>> words. I had to look it up.
>>> I don't get the question.
>>>
>>
>> Hi, Joey -
>>
>> I'm curious as to why you said "the wiring needs replaced" rather
>> than the gramatically correct "the wiring needs *to be* replaced."
>> "Needs" is future-looking, "replaced" is past-looking. I never
>> heard sentences formulated this way until about 10 years ago,
>> and most of the people I heard using this fromulation were
>> from the Washington DC area.  I don't mean to be critical,
>> it's just interesting; like where, geographically, "pop"
>> gives way to "soda", or "standing in line" gives way to
>> "standing on line".  About 15 years ago, I started to hear
>> people use "anymore" to reinforce a *positive* observation,
>> whereas it has always been used to reinforce a negative
>> observation, ie "Nobody does that anymore" vs. "I'm doing
>> that anymore" or even the more extreme "Anymore, people
>> do that."  Formulations like "my house needs painted" are
>> becoming more common in my part of the country and I'm
>> fascinated to find out where that comes from, and if it's
>> long established in those areas, or relatively new, like
>> the positive assertion "anymore" is here in the Northwest.
>> Your reaction leeds me to believe that it's long engrained
>> in your area.  Sorry for being such a Henry Higgins! :-)
>>
>>
>>
>> David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com
>>
>>
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