Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts

Sunday, September 8, 2013

To Add or Not To Add, That is the Question

Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The 'twerks' and 'selfies' of outrageous Oxford,
Or to take pen against these buzzworthies,
And by unliking end them: to squee, to say
"Whatevs!" And to tweet to say we must end
The 'LOLs,' and the shocks of a thousand 'OMGs'
That English is heir to?

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

F-Bomb: In the Dictionary

No, literally. I guess it matters how you view the dictionary whether this is a good or a bad thing. If you view it as the sort of official lexicon of a language, that which is accepted and recognized, then this was an inevitable result. If you view it as something else, a sort of gatekeeper of language, guarding it from the barbarians at the gates, then this is a bad thing. I am undecided as to my thoughts on the matter. So, convince me.