Most Annoying Words In The Language example essay topic

There is a nutria loose in the Enl gish language and it is rapidly devouring words and phrases. The corrosive usage of slang is deteriorating proper, or standard forms of English. What most consider to be a passing fad has been evident for as long as the English language. Change in the grammar and diction of a language is natural, and English is always confronted with changes.

However, at some point speech mutated due to a principle in which the most annoying words in the language colonize the host organism's brain and bully out less adaptable words which eventually fade into oblivion. It can be generalized that youths overuse slang terminology and most can vouch that annoyance is an understatement. It may have begun innocently enough with the utterance of 'like', but the interjection is, like, so rap ant it is like a disease. Several words and phrases are on the endangerment language list due to the atrocious attack of 'like'.

Words and phrases such as really, including, said, the following, such as, and regarding are becoming less prominent in speech and literature. How often, when told a story, do you hear, 'My teacher was like, 'Your repetitive use of 'like' is rather irritating?' ' rather than 'My teacher said, 'Your repetitive use of 'like' is rather irritating. ' '? Past tense is now nonexistent and remaining is the pea brained characterization of any event, any shade of meaning, past, present, or future, rel event or irrelevant as 'like'.

Often we speak fast, our mouths moving too rapidly for our brains. The result? The utterance of such words and phrases as you know, umm m, , hmm, so and eh. 'You know' has become a common phrase in the English language.

Often you can readily expect a sentence to include the expression in such context as, 'When I saw my essay mark I was disappointed you know? Not only did I put my effort into writing it, but time you know?' No, I apologize, I do not know. Perhaps if you were to take the time to think through what you wish to say and explain it in relative depth, I will. Now, in the vicious fight with 'like's uch words as umm, uh, and hmm are beating the English language to the ground. Is it better to hear someone say 'I'm like writing a like paper on the like English language' rather than 'I'm... umm m... writing a... uh... paper on the... hmm... English language.

' ? No, it is not. They are equally as annoying to hear. However, the use of such time-stall ers are more prominent rather then people simply pausing in silence to think.

A word does not have a purpose unless it has meaning, grammatical place in a sentence, and is useful for communication. Apparently profane language, or swearing, serves great purpose as it is increasingly popular. A great example is the ever-popular expression 'the shit'. A word that has been associated with only vulgar actions and negative things has suddenly become an expression to describe something positively. Is it to declare 'English is the shit', rather than 'English is a wonderful language'? Apparently so.

It is clearly evident that proper, or standard forms of English are depraved due to the over-use of slang. Now, when you combine 'like' with 'so' and the all ever-rising popularity of the word 'shit' you have something approaching the deterioration of our daily discourse to the most atrocious and stupid sounding toilet talk. Instead of 'Dan told me last week how much he enjoyed English with Ms. Frise and could sit in her class for hours without tiring. ' We now say, 'English?' Dan was all like, 'It's the shit!' ' Language is always confronted with changes, and the fight against slang is, like, totally useless.

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This is a parody of Francis Bacon's 'Of Revenge'. Therefore, no bibliography is needed..