Language...

Last class we were discussing the contemporary language. It seems as though over the years our language has greatly evolved. Sure we added numerous words to the dictionary, allowing us to expand our vocabulary. But besides this, we also adapted several "street" words, cuss words you could say, that we use just as often as those words from the dictionary. It appears that today, many people use these words because they fail to find any other sort of correct terms that would be able to get their point across as affectively. We turn to these cuss words hoping that they will be able to make our statement for us. Instead of using the numerous words in our dictionary, that our just as harsh and affective, we use these, because they are always there, and I guess easier to use.

In Shakespearien days this wasn't the case. William Shakespeare used language to add to the drama of his plays. He used a beautiful, often difficult to understand, form of language, in order to add to the affect of the situation. He didn't turn to cuss words or any sort of slang, instead he did the exact opposite. I believe that we should take example from this and steer away from the derogatory language that we seem to use too often these days. We should explore our dictionary, for it contains beautiful words, ones that may get our point across just as effectively, except in a more civilized manner.