Always a media hound, the Internet is my ideal invention.It provides audio, video, words and graphics and you can change directions faster than flipping TV channels with the
remote.The communication
capabilities it supports are endless and along with them comes the voice of the
public….except, that instead of a New England accent or a Southern drawl, we
get misspellings and very bad grammar.
Teachers of the King’s English must be terrorized by the abuse of the
language.Linguistic experts are
certainly fascinated by the displaced words and removal of vowels from texted
words.I casually search for words and
phrases on chat rooms and comment posts which are part of something I call “Speaking Internet”.Here are some examples and interpretations:
PRE-MADONNA (prima donna):I say this is a female pop star of the 70's.For example, Olivia Newton-John would be a
pre-madonna.
INSINNUENDO
(innuendo) - I say this is: The act of committing uendo outside of marriage.
For example, it's likely Tiger Woods had insinnuendo.
MOROON (moron) – I say this is an abbreviation for a
dessert made with coconut as in “May I have another moroon?”
ESCAPE GOAT (scapegoat):I believe this a
method of rapid departure using a farm animal.
DEMOCRATE (Democrat):I say a democrate is a package sample as in "At the post office you
can choose from the group of "democrates" on the counter."
With a Momentum
Moment, I’m Terry Seitz of
InterComm Group.
