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Originally Posted by Daycare Nation
there is a general "dumbing down" of music, in the same way that language and grammar degenerate, and the mistakes become accepted usage.
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please explain how languages degenerate.
does that make modern english or american english etc dumber than elizabethan english? is ebonics dumber than white man talk? what if i were to tell you that ebonics (as does any variant of any language) has a highly consistent rule based grammar and vocabulary, just as complex as standard american english (or any other language). how is that any dumber than the language from which it developed? isn't the only difference in the perceived prestige of the speaker?
this has nothing to do with the topic of this thread, btw, and i have no intention of accusing you of any kind of bigotry by bringing up ebonics. i just think that the notion of language degerneration is a pretty half baked idea.
lightning bolt isn't really my cup of tea either.