Thursday, July 5, 2012

SH** people say....Alternatively titled...WTF?

Do you ever hear stupid sayings that people say and wonder why the fuck they say them? We all speak in idioms and colloquialisms (big word, huh?) without having any idea of their origins or how they came to be or why people decided to start using them in the first place. For example, if you are having second thoughts about something, you are said to have cold feet. What makes me laugh like a hyena is that when I tried to google that shit to see why people say it, nobody fucking knows! So we are all going around like a bunch of assholes saying we got cold feet and it really doesn't mean a fucking thing. It's just like people who use the word irregardless. It means the same fucking thing as regardless. Why did one day some jackass decide to put two extra letters in front of it? You know it was probably some dude trying to impress a chick. (see prior blog....Men are "Special"). There are words and phrases that seem to be identified based on different ethnic groups and different regions of the country as well. Since when does anyone "Aks" you a question? Pretty sure we ask. And you are trying to be SPECIFIC, not Pacific. That's an ocean not a request. If you want a carbonated beverage generally referred to as soda everywhere else, in the midwest, it's pop. Why pop? I don't know, because corn farmers have nothing to do all day but listen to the pop it makes when they open the can? Why is it that people from the south make contractions out of everything? Y'all, ain't, I'ma  and the list goes on. I mean I know it's generally hot and tiresome in the South, but come on, you don't have to be that lazy. Why do white people assume that just by adding a vowel to the end of a word, it automatically becomes Spanish? Yes, while there are words that end in vowels in Spanish, bringo meo thato, are not any of them. And on a side note, why do people speak louder and more slowly when people don't understand the language they are speaking. They don't fucking understand, saying it like a loud, mentally challenged person, does not a translation make. And on the subject of latin people, why do they add an E to the beginning of every word that starts with an S? ESteve, estop, esit. These are not English words. And while I may now be showing my age...tsk tsk. I have to say that I don't understand half the shit that comes out of people under the age of 21 mouths anymore. What the fuck are all these acronyms? OMG, WTF, ROTFL, LMFAO. We have seriously raised a bunch of lazy fucking kids. They can't even speak in complete sentences anymore. And don't even get me started on their spelling skills. U is not the correct spelling of You. R is not the correct spelling of are. And what are these other words and phrases. That shit cray. Is that crazy? Is that a mixed gray color? Are you doing arts and crafts? What the fuck are you trying to say? I suppose my parents could have said the same thing. But at least I spoke comprehensible English. The bottom line is that in today's day and age I am still shocked by some of the shit that comes out of peoples mouths. At the end of the day, I just want communication to be clear and concise.  Is that too much to ask? I don't want you to "analogize" your experience, say it a different language, shorten a word or phrase or try and make it cool. Say what the fuck you need to say and keep it moving. Amen!

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