Tuesday, December 18, 2007

On Grammar and the Lack Thereof

There is a new, growing epidemic in the United States. Nay, it goes farther than that. This epidemic has overtaken the entire world. What is this epidemic, you ask? It goes by one name. One name that is so evil, so maniacal, so disturbing that it causes even the toughest professor, the strongest teacher, to collapse to their knees and beg for mercy from The Name. What is The Name? Actually, it's technically a word, thus making it The Word. Not to be confused with G-d's Word. Anyway, what is The Word? Illiteracy. The infamous, depressing word.

What is illiteracy? Anyone to whom The Word applies is illiterate, which means they pretty much can't read or write. Those are the people I deem unintelligent. They can't make the English language fit in their vocal cords, so they substitute the English language with their own, unique language. Here's an example:

Illiteratish: yo, d00d, u r so freak'n coo. r u tkn?
English Translation: Salutations, sir, you are very cool. Are you currently not involved in a relationship?

Naturally, to the illiterate, that doesn't sound "gangsta", so they toss it. Which is truly unfortunate that they would give up a simple chance at being intelligent just to sound "gangsta". I guess Darwin was wrong. We aren't evolving. We were at the height of the species when we were chimps.

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