Impoverished Language

[pwwka]

"I'm not against changes in language. ... I love anything that is going to make language richer and stronger. But when words are used in a way that is going to weaken language, it has nothing to do with the beautiful way that they can wriggle and wiggle and develop and enrich our speech, but instead it is impoverishing, diminishing. If our language

Comments

[clariyt]

I wish I knew the context for this. Is the writer concerned about the "dumbing down" effect of mass media? Or the weird misuses which occur in the jargonized worlds of work; those convolutions intended to mystify unfortunates outside the group, and to imbue the speakers of with a sparkle of wit (as fake as zirconium?)

[pwwka]

Specifically, the author is complaining about the use of "like" as a non-similie word. (EX: I feel like I'm going to run.) I felt this had broader implications.

[roguevirus]

What would be the more appropriate phrasing of the example?

[pwwka]

"I feel as though I'm going to run." or "I would like to run." or "I'm going to run."

[ferretglen]

Like, I don't know if I like wanna talk about a subject like this one.