2010 and English Language Fail
Happy New Year! Now that the holiday season is over I’m going to be trying to post every day again. And my first post of 2010 is going to address a subject that is very important to me: Word usage!
For those of you out there who have spent any time on the internet, (which you have done merely by reading my blog) you have probably seen what is referred to as leet speak (short for elite speak). These terms, along with many that have been made popular because of text messaging are not proper English, and they’re annoying as hell. But as writers be must be aware of these new words and – dare I say – use them in proper context. For instance, the word fail is being used like this: Epic fail, soccer coach fail, ect… Obviously the correct way to say those phrases would be: Epic Failure, a soccer coach’s failure, ect…
I wonder if our language is being molested because of people who are too ignorant to use it correctly, or are they actually just too lazy? Either way, I hope that these ‘leet speak words stay out of literature (unless of course used in dialogue) and out of the dictionary as new words.
- Rich
