Bigger and better, right? Or smaller and slicker, faster, stronger... That is what we as humanity generally strive for, right?
Hmm. Lets compare modern day language to, say, shakespearian language. Would you ever hear Shakespeare saying 'Yeah well your face is gross', or in terms of romance: 'Yeah, she's pretty hot, I sorta like her, like, a bit' etc.
If society is moving forward, then how come the state of language is so rapidly decreasing?
It is puzzling. =s
Actually i envy characters in Shakespeare plays. I would very much enjoy being incredibly quick of wit, with lots of fancy words at my disposal. When i'm writing for example, i have plenty of time to think of how i will set out what i have to say, i don't have to think quick and i have the opportunity to utilise words i wouldn't use in normal conversation. Given the choice, i would speak like Mercutio, from Romeo and Juliet. Sure, Mercutio speaks quite a lot of nonsense, but he speaks with passion, and he is eloquent, witty and imaginative. I want to be like that one day.
Sorry this blog post is rather self-oriented. =s
peace and quick witted-ness. =)
xoxo
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+ when Shakespeare wrote his plays, he had as long as he needed to come up with the "quick, witty banter" and "eloquent wording" used by his characters :P Also, I doubt everyone in Shakespeare's time had as meaningful and beautiful control over the English language as the playwright did himself. We have people writing beautiful poems, songs and stories today. Doesn't mean everyone has a brilliant vocabulary. In the same way, just because Shakespeare used clever wording in his plays doesn't mean that anyone in his era spoke as his characters do.
Our teacher today pointed out inconsistencies in his writing which showed that he at least tried to remain realistic to the way people communicated back then.
You can talk like everyone else or you can write art. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest playwright of all time, so I kinda think he chose option b) for the most part :S
whatever.
Well i agree with you Caitlin. I like the way Shakespeare writes his plays. I like the way he talks. It has a sense of emotion to it and its so beautiful, especially when he talks of romance :)
Rach
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