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Linguistic Auschwitz
In: Language
3 Jan 2010
Lake Superior State University recently posted a list of their banished words for 2010.
The list includes words in popular use right now such as “unfriend,” “tweet,” and “sexting.” The list continues to argue in favor of prescriptivism. Promoting a standard language to address miscommunication is one thing. “Banishing” words is something else.
What I don’t understand is that LSSU has an English program which I expect would at least acknowledge language change as part of linguistic development.
It’s interesting for such an institution to offer a totally different stance compared to institutions that acknowledge linguistic creativity like Oxford with its Word of the Year.
And guess what was 2009’s Word of the Year?
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1 Response to Linguistic Auschwitz
ah, the word FLABBERGASTED comes to mind. « llamas and penguins and slugs, oh my!
January 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
[...] ah, the word FLABBERGASTED comes to mind. The culprits? The powers that be at Lake Superior State University, a.k.a. a prime example of an exceptional bunch of know-it-all gits. Thanks are due to my former English 30 teacher, Alex Maximo, who gave a subtle yet applause-worthy eyebrow-raising to the LSSU Nazis in his latest blog entry. [...]