What a can-do pen. I wrote something and those words came to my mind because my new Paper Mate (great name) slipped on paper so I knew it was thanks to him if I had the pleasure to write. And as usual, the words that come to mind are English slogans. I realize there are many people who are very irritated when mixed English and French and I alienates them one after the other when I use a stupid American, but that's I've been doing this forever, I apologize even if you want, but there is this dialectic well-known franchise can make short sentences that go to the essence of the word. For example, these sentences with one syllable words. "Otra Otra
: I like it so much I Say It Twice." "Be As You're Man Can Be." "Porn is Good."
In
New York Times, there is this column on language that is, three quarters of the time, wonderful and funny at once. They do not stop to dissect why we say that and not this, why are some new words of heresy wonderful. For example, I was personally surprised to notice the last 4 years the resurrection of the word "charming" by young people. Before, we did not say " charming "to describe someone who is sexy, we instead used" band. " "Charming" has always been an obsolete word, which is not even used my time to my brother Lala has set his sights on "exquisite" always and with whom I had endless discussions (and fun) to argue if it was a little too exaggerated adjective in its expression, much like the people who make cooing wine in their mouths, how awful.
When my friend Fred who I trust to everything that is cutting edge
began using "charming" to describe it looked nice guys, and I heard my nephew said in another context (like "You're sexy, but I'll say it in a less sustained because we are teenagers and we don did not want to take a word too dated 90s), I told myself that the kids had a funny taste to save certain words from oblivion. It would be interesting to know who started the word "charming" in the 2000s, as these words always come from a specific source. I know not whether there are chronic language of this kind in France, I mean written, but for me a column on language seems logic in a major newspaper Anglo-Saxon.
Sometimes these reviews are so covered my Stabilo I cut them and put them away in a box. I love words hangers (Do not we all?). By dint read everything in English, I came to understand that English words have more impact for me. This does not mean I dislike the French, I love writing, especially by hand. And I love the way that people formulate matters, since we know that young people, if they do not write more letters, have never written much. I'm not talking about SMS because I'm not going to enter there, it's too gross
. I talk about how to write by email and on FB and Twitter. There are plenty of books on these subjects leave the U.S., which explains why and how, for example, finds it necessary to use only lowercase. On FB, sometimes I make jokes in lowercase letters or messages dude because it has a side
subdued, with an under-statement. In the genus "hey" or "a lot of hoot owls around the house that night." Putting a point or not further underscores the floating side of the sentence in such "I am a bit broken" or "I fall asleep in front of my computer . The
August 5, Ben Zimmer wondered how to say "we go to the beach" in English. In English, we know through
song, but in English, is based on the proximity to the sea, of course. New Jersey is called "Down to the shore because the ocean is right there, and Baltimore is said" down the shore "because, uh, the ocean and just as well.
On October 1 Ben Zimmer has incorporated the strange word "trifecta" in a chronic funny about famous people who say "we." As the queen of England says "We are not amused" or as Thoreau had said (but not proven), "The Talk is used by kings, editors, pregnant women and people who have maggots in the mouth" (dead whatever). So we, the editor
minority, have the right to speak in first person plural. How horrible. "Trifecta" to return to New York Times
, meaning a bet like a trifecta that there should be the top three places in a race, in order. This is an English term that can be used with a chronicle of fun in the kitchen, but still more in proctology: "I told him off a trifecta of hemorrhoids.
miniSKY Guido, had invented some years ago in his club flyers, the word awesome "friendly" to end its ads. It 'friendly' or 'affection', in Franglais. Is a trademark linguistic genius. If Facebook disappoints more and more about political issues, the social network remains the crucible of humor Now. There are guys like (eeeeek! I can not remember which, I'll have to check my 4000 friends!) Who make a specialty of saying things funny all the time " My mother said that her thighs became so large which resemble Beyonce. It's deadpan humor
like that, without writing a stream of writing, like I'm funny even when I do not stress. The
March 19, Ben Zimmer did a demonstration of the very delicate political uses the words behind the simplest of language: the yes and no. On October 12, 2009, in his first column, Zimmer paid tribute to his predecessor, William Safire
, of course, disappeared a month earlier, which began this column with February 18, 1978 these very simple words in a style almost robotic in Kubrick: "How do you do. This is a new column about language. " Because of course the head honcho of this kind of obsession with language is Safire himself. There were many experts who were involved regularly in his column as Jan Freeman, January 31, 2007, asked himself this question: "How do we put the plural of Prius? "While producing a series of jokes about the reasons that lead to mumble" Mm-hmm "when one has bothered to answer a question. As in, the plane: "You want a glass of water, sir? - "Mm-hmm "Like that, I did not even want to piss me off to say" No thank you. " How horrible.
leader (some called him the "dictator") was well William Safire (already, what a pretty name!) Who has made a specialty of dissecting accelerating shortspeak (the
May 25, 2008) of these last ten years, exaggerated by the portable computer. While directing the reader to essential testing
as "Linguistic Ruin! LOL! Instant Messaging and Teen Language, "by Sali Tagliamonte and Derek Denis or books like" Always on
: Language In An Online World "by Naomi S. Baron. The
March 16, 2008, during the election race, he describes how White House contenders target their audience and noted that John McCain, January 14 of that year, had set a record by saying 31 After "My friends" during a speech. It's a bit like counting the 256 cars that are sprayed in "GI Joe" movie. The
1 July 2009, he enjoys describe what can be termed as an "Aha moment! "When you have evidence of a deep-rooted conviction, as I do not know me, when Delanoe made a Chirac to deal with some legal action against a few million disappear. The
October 5, 2008, he made quite a speech on the word "toxic", which became so popular with the financial crisis, when everything has become toxic, investments in stock in karma Madoff. My little opinion on it is that Britney Spears had anticipated (for once) this mode at all toxic with his album .. 2004.
One of my favorite columns: the
January 6, 2009, Safire tells us that punctuation voice "y'know" peaked among youth in the 80s (it's true, all my English friends say it non-stop), then it was replaced by "I mean" (I have 4 murders committed because of it), then it became "Like" (I always use) to become just "uh." Like "y'know, I thought of something that you told me the other day, I mean, it's not that I necessarily want to talk, like as if you're interested , uh. " In short, youth, the words are becoming shorter, and soon we'll have a word that will just say: "d". The
November 21, 2009, Safire tangled brushes (so to speak), hesitating between lots of words that could symbolize the past year. As the crisis, he finally admitted his attraction to "Frugalista", "a person who lives a frugal way but still fashionable and in good health by keeping their clothes or trading, buying objects hand and by growing its own products. " Is the nom de guerre
(in French in the text) of the "warrior of the recession." Hey, that's me! Safire said that "Frugalista" is more accurate than recessionista "which is too obvious.
Finally,
December 19, 2008, Safire wondered why the word "dear" was disappearing emails and SMS, while this was the first word of all connections friendship or love for so long. In addition, "dear", "my dear", "my dear" is so camp! And he likes to say "seminal", a well known word meaning "creative". Ah yes, he also wonders if we are to develop a generation of "pancake people", people that have great knowledge in their field, but lacking depth? Lots of food for thought!
I have a friend whose specialty is putting on stock phrases, which has the power to make me roll on the ground. Another said that the ugliest word in the French language is "feast" or "feast". As the Southwest, which says that all the time about food (well, rather bulimia), when he hears someone say "It will taste good" or "It was well entertained! 'This writhing in convulsions Toulouse. Among gay men, it is right in the word "discriminatory" as on TV, it still uses the word "opus" in the belief that it is connected (in particular on France 24) then REALLY SHOULD STOP it immediately to use it, we did not care back in 2002. How horrible.
This notion of language always has social connotations. I saw that when I use the word "thorns," there are people around me start to cry. An example: if you say you will extract thorns or put anti-chopper because it's really the only way to kill bindweed, they are able to do a film on Parisian bobo the fact that brambles harbor a remarkable diversity of insects and feed the birds and the buckwheat is very pretty flowers. But we know that! we is not stupid! We just decided (note the first person plural here) might have a garden without thorns because we take the Kardegic because we're a homosexual who has heart problems related to HIV treatment and that it makes thorns bleeding legs and yes, bindweed makes pretty flowers, but there are at least 30,000 flowers that are more attractive in this particular place,
gracias de nada . What these silly Paris who tell us that the nettles are great! We know! But it's everywhere, it's not like we attacked a rare plant! These are tough plants, there are plenty, it's like barebackers, there are enough around to it starts to defend them! How horrible!
