Sunday, March 21, 2010

Esperanto Returning?


Is language as we know, or knew, it disappearing? Will sign language, with those cute stick figures, return?
Acronyms proliferate. Synonyms get twisted. We can e-mail, tweet, twitter, Multiply, Facebook, text (while driving, of course). Who has time to read, or even write, "in the old-fashioned way."

Everything is loaded. Downloaded, uploaded. I was told recently, that they were downloading my update! Who they are remains a mystery but I do hope they know what they're doing. Got any IEDs? Improvised Explosive Device. Goodness, 25 letters. Bomb is only four, so all that fuss to reduce it to three letters, IED. Bomb, of course, is such an ugly word. What about LOL! Take care; it can mean Lots Of Laughs or Lots Of Love. There's a time bomb, sorry an IED, waiting to go off. "Darling Phyllis, I love you. LOL, Fred." If Fred's confession of love ends with Lots of Laughs, be prepared  for the worst, Fred!

Politicians are into everything these days, including bafflegab language. Check the following and find three Stephen Harper wouldn't use to support his government's military actions.
Hero; Support our allies; providing security; insurgency; Canadian forces; NATO air strikes; guerilla warfare; winning; accord; friendly fire; coalition, partners; freedom fighters; Osama Bin Laden.

So, where are we going? Postal services are under threat since snail-mail is dying and the alternatives don't bring any cash to Canada Post. Bank tellers are history. Do-it-yourself banking is great for the shareholders but will increase unemployment. As for our education systems, it was never easy to be a teacher...TBC...(that's "to be continued" for the acronym-challenged among you!)

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