I’m a little in love with the English language. I love its intricacies and idiosyncrasies that always seem to keep us guessing or present a new way of saying something just when you’ve think you’ve figured it out. It’s a language that has evolved from so many others; we have words that originate from Latin, French, Italian and even German. All very respectable languages that give our English a hint of sophistication, however, there is a movement creeping in that threatens to downgrade the intelligence we show when we use the language properly.
It is the elimination of the letter R in some words. First example, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said earlier this week that he was not in favour of closing “liberrys” I’m sure he meant libraries and perhaps the effects of a 20 hour meeting were getting to him, but it got me thinking about other words where dropping the R just gives me the chills February and temperature to name a few. Then there are other words that mispronounced drive me nuts -- axed instead of asked and pacific instead of specific. The thing is these mispronunciations are becoming acceptable along with all the new language of social media.
I suppose there needs to be some evolution of language after all, we don’t speak with thee’s and thou’s anymore, however, without correction I feel we’re not doing our intelligence any justice.
To me it's elementary ... I'm Sandra Watson.
