I heard somewhere that blogging is really about a stream of consciousness. It's not meant to be a well thought out, well-structured or developed essay. It's not a novel. It's not a work of art. Hell, it's not even a fully cohesive thought if we're going for stream of consciousness. If so, then aren't we just spiraling further and further into the sespitt of modern cultural loss of intelligence? By this I refer to our current use of the English language.
Seriously, do people ever think about how disgusting their use of language is nowadays? Text messages using numbers for letters and sometimes whole words. And not to forget the complete loss of concept of capitalization (unless the author is A.) excited B.) screaming or C.) retarded). "Are you coming to the party tonight? It's going to be amazing!" becomes "r u cumin 2 da prty 2nite? its gunna b AMZING!!!!"
Really? REALLY? Have we sunk so low? Has the English language become so abominable that we refuse to acknowledge any of its fundamental rules?
Psychologists and psychobiologists have conducted studies for years on the cognitive developmental nature of language. Language is inherent. Its nature is imbedded in our biological makeup; we as humans have innate functions to create and use language. Numerous studies of children's comprehension of their elders and their reactions to the languages they hear have concluded that language is not simply learned via mimic, but it is part of our natural processes to develop language in the first place. So what does this mean? Language is incredibly important.
And because it is important, shouldn't it be respected? And because it should be respected, shouldn't we follow the rules of this highly developed language and utilize the incredibly beautiful and complex vocabulary and syntax with which we have been gifted?
I end this pseudo-rant in the words of Henry Higgins
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