https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16172 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:26:14 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16172 Lol! Never heard that one. My 16 year old also speaks a different language–and then I rapidly pick up all her expressions–much to her annoyance sometimes!!

]]> https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16171 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:19:56 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16171 having teenagers defintely helps one to keep up too. My daughter said to me last night 'blates mum, blates'. I was slightly bemused. Apparently it means 'that is so obvious' from 'blatantly'… There is a part of me that embraces it all and a part thay wants to scream, 'well just use the word blatantly then'!
redx

]]> https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16170 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:21:56 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16170 Lol! Which is most certainly a new word!

]]> https://anitamathias.com/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16169 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:58:56 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/03/10/the-relentless-evolution-of-language/#comment-16169 Dare I say “NICE ONE”, Anita.
Yes words do change (not least by their daily mis-use by those who do not fully understand)
but that is how language grows I suppose.
At least, the many ways of using and miss using words in our daily speech gives us yet another reason to admire (or despise) our fellows.
As Shaw almost said!

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