What in the name that is all holy and decent is the motivation for people to be putting the ER onto words that shouldn’t have it? Do you know what I mean? Over Thanksgiving, I heard my sister-in-law say that it was “funner”. Not sure what she was talking about, but I did hear her say the word “funner”. I rolled my eyes and nearly corrected her, but decided not too, but I couldn’t help but wonder why this is becoming popular. Apple (the computer company, not the fruit) has an ad “iPod Touch. The funnist iPod ever” that is, in essence, telling kids (youth and young adults alike) that it's okay to be seen as stupid and that it will not make you look stupider. Who thought that this would be a good idea? Apple (and other companies) is leading the way for bad grammar in today's youth.
With that said, is the word Google a verb? Yes it is, according to the dictionary. I can understand how people would want to use words like funner and funnist, but to me it is considered stupid and immature, and you will NOT hear my children saying things like that...at least until they are 18. And yet, there is a part of me that says let the kids have fun, but if you think this, please ask yourself if you would put that in a Résumé or a company report that you will be distributed? In other words, keep me sane and don’t use those words. Thank you!
Episode 153: Hot As Balls
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Episode 153: Hot As Balls – In the post-E3 show, we recap one of the most
boring E3’s in the history of MAHG. We then talk about the wonderful
Wonder Woma...
8 years ago
Yeah, I'm afraid google's been a verb for a while now. (I don't capitalize it when I use it as a verb, like "xerox".)
ReplyDeleteI can't say I've heard that particular torquing of the language yet, adding comparative suffixes to inappropriate adjectives. What does bother me is the rampant "verbifying" -- I think it was an Office Depot campaign that used the tagline "The new way to office". Since when is "office" a verb?
My wife has an annoying (to me) habit of dropping "to be" from certain constructions, like "this needs [to be] fixed". Ten years, and I haven't managed to fix that yet... %/
But (to throw out another tangent) what I don't get is people in a business setting who write emails that are misspelled, all lower case (or worse, ALL CAPS), written in txt spk, or include inappropriate signature lines. How am I supposed to respect a boss who sends me an email that says "cal me pls i cant figure this thign out lol"? (Granted, that particular boss had no respect for me, either, so there you go...)