tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post225913386433712233..comments2024-03-02T02:30:58.261-08:00Comments on Fresh angle: A slow but sure deathOluchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07688698198937659375noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-20331594240279995462011-12-15T11:58:25.853-08:002011-12-15T11:58:25.853-08:00Good point, Will. I taught English for a year and ...Good point, Will. I taught English for a year and it was appalling to find that many students used colloquial and online words in their writing. One even confronted me that there was nothing wrong with writing dat and dose in an informal letter.<br /><br />The convenience of modern tech should not mean a slip in standards.Oluchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688698198937659375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-22844916491070128772011-12-15T08:30:09.761-08:002011-12-15T08:30:09.761-08:00Meanwhile there is another victim of this so calle...Meanwhile there is another victim of this so called connected-interaction; language.Many a facebooker or tweeter cannot string a sentence to save their lives.Proper grammar and spelling has become a precious fading art, alien to the IPhone-generation whose everyday language consists of three letter words, exclamation masks, emoticons and general hieroglyphs, that would confuse your grandmother.No wonder in a recent survey a majority of teenagers in the UK said they knew more about Simon Cowell than they do Shakespeare.Future generation? I fear for that future.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536725793966028344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-2906993960008078182011-12-15T06:25:34.747-08:002011-12-15T06:25:34.747-08:00LOL! Thanks, Will. I always look forward to your c...LOL! Thanks, Will. I always look forward to your comment.Without knowing it we are gradually turning into gadgets ourselves...just imagine life twenty years from now...Oluchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688698198937659375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865824470712190718.post-45218554851047058372011-12-15T05:17:14.691-08:002011-12-15T05:17:14.691-08:00A very thought-provoking article indeed.Its true t...A very thought-provoking article indeed.Its true that the 21st century connected human has lost that basic desire for real-life human interaction.We have instead become distant creatures void of the art of meaningful conversation in favour of vacuous snippets of our consumer-driven lives posted online.hello has now been replaced by the status update or tweet where every sentence starts or ends with the obligatory Lol.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536725793966028344noreply@blogger.com