Bare Vexed

February 12, 2015 / / 10 Comments

I can’t believe my eyes when I read this article written by Isabelle Kerr. In this article she is putting down the use of what she calls slang and is trying to say that ” slang ” is ruining English language. I believe she is just talking nonsense, the reason for her undermining slang must be simply because she can’t understand it. She reminds me of a primary school child who through’s a strop and sulks because they cannot understand something.  She goes on to say that she is embarrassed and ashamed in fact she even goes as far as to apologize for being a member of the younger generation.

What she fails to realize is that she should be proud and hold her head high by being part of this generation because ” Slang ” is actually and intelligent adaptation to English language. It gives people short cuts to saying words also it gives people an easier understanding to a word or a phrase for instance if you’re texting someone and they say something funny its hard to express how funny it is over text messaging. Replying ” lool! ” rather than ” that was funny ” adds more emphasis and makes the other person know that it was funny.” Slang ” can be used in many ways, if your with your friend and he/she makes a rubbish joke , instead of laughing if you say ” lol ” it adds sarcasm and makes the other person know the joke was not funny. ” Slang ” is like coded language that’s why I think Isabelle is against it , its only natural to be against something that you can’t fully understand. ”Instead of creating words to improve our ability to communicate and express ourselves, these words simply promulgate an unhealthy culture obsessed with being seen in the right places and knowing who’s doing what.” This quote from the bare vexed article is insane because if it weren’t for slang English language would be harder to master.

It is a fact that slang improves people’s ability to communicate with other people so Isabelle statement on that point is terribly wrong. For example young children don’t know certain words such as talented and sarcastic. Using the slang word ” Sick ” explains talented in just one word and if Isabelle is saying that slang is not improving people’s ability to speak then she is wrong.

‘Regardless, the future of the English language looks bleak’ I completely disagree with this quote that she said because I believe slang is helping the English language and the more common slang is the brighter English language will be. The future of English language looks bright right now because slang is being accepted and introduced into dictionaries. Adding slang words to dictionaries helps people understand slang words and It does people a lot of favors for people who was not brought up in that type of language. However Isabelle clearly disagrees with me as she said ‘These recent additions to the dictionary certainly do us no favors’ If it does us no favors how did she know the definition of twerk ? When some people saw the video on Miley Cyrus twerking people were confused as to what that meant however the dictionary did people favors including Isabelle by explaining what it meant. As I am brought up in that language I automatically knew what it meant it is a type of dance but Isabelle found the exact definition ‘dance to popular music in popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrust hip movement and a low squatting stance’ If Isabelle is saying that words like this in the dictionary do not do us any favors then she is incorrect because if this word was not in the dictionary many people would be confused as to what dance Miley Cyrus was doing.

”Shakespeare will be turning in his grave” What a powerful statement if you ask me. Shakespeare is the king of slang in my eyes because he has created words that did not make sense in his time and now these words are part of the English dictionary. Some of the most common words in the English dictionary were made by him addiction, amazement, champion, gossip and lonely. There were all made by Shakespeare and to be honest if I put down all of the words he has created we would have a whole paragraph of just words. Our generation are to a certain extend inspired by Shakespeare and we are trying to mimic what he did in his time and mimic by the way is another word created by Shakespeare. Shakespeare would be partying in his grave because of all the work we have done in terms of language.

Slang is a quick, sufficient and simple way to communicate with people. Slang is also very intelligent, it managed to take out all the vowels from seriously ‘lool’. Srsly though ask a ten year old child what the word colloquial means and it would have there heads spinning. However ask a ten year old what slang is and he/she would now what your talking about.

 

 

OMAM controlled assessment so far

April 20, 2013 / / 0 Comments

Of mice and men By john Steinbeck – controlled assessment.
How do the relationships between characters reveal the impact of prejudice in Of mice and men?
There are many characters in of mice and men by john Steinbeck that have been subject to prejudice throughout the book. Of mice and men was set in 1930’s America and shows how life was back then and how it is compared and changed to now in the 21’st century. The two characters that I will be writing this controlled assessment on will be Crooks and Curley’s wife. I have chosen these two characters because I believe that these two have quite clearly been victims of prejudice and have suffered the most from this throughout the book.
The first character that I am going to be writing about Is Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife is quite clearly a woman and this is already one of the main reasons that she has been discriminated and seen as a minority throughout the whole book. In 1930’s America woman were seen much lower than everyone else and are not seen as equal to men. The first thing that I noticed about prejudice towards Curley’s wife was the fact that she doesn’t have a name. throughout the whole film everyone called her Curley’s wife and I think this is because back the woman where not seen worthy of a name because she is a girl.
The first time that Curley’s wife was mentioned was when Candy is describing Curley to Lennie and George. After George hears that Curley has recently got married, he goes on to explain about how Curley is behaving aggressively because he is showing off for his wife. “Maybe he’s showin’ off for his wife “. Candy later said to the two of them “wait’ll you see Curley’s wife” and he is saying this Like she has something wrong with her. Further on in the gossip that they are all having about Curley’s wife, Candy tells them that she has the eye for slim, but Lennie and George don’t really seemed surprised as in all girls back then are sluts and try to get with anyone to have a better life. George also says “well, I think Curley’s married…a tart” a tart would be what we call like a prostitute almost so they already dot like Curley’s wife. George and lennie first get introduced to Curley’s wife on page 34 and the description then sounded like exactly what candy was talking about. As soon as she (Curley’s wife) left the doorway Lennie said “gosh, she was purty” Lennie seemed like he had fallen for the spell of getting lured in by the tarty look of her. And George noticed straight away and grabbed lennie by the ear and said “listen to me you crazy bastard, don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I have never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be” I believe that George is saying this like he has had experience with girls like her and there are a lot of her type around. People’s first impression of Curley’s wife is that she is like a piece of trash because she is so flirty with everyone and she tries to get with everyman she sees. But overall even if she was not flirty or slutty I think that the boys would already think less of her just because she is a woman.
The second character that I’m going to be writing about is Crooks. Crooks is a old black man with a crooked back who is a stable buck in the book. Obviously the main reason that he has been discriminated is because he is black. Throughout the whole book he has been treated differently. But the one person who treats him the same as everyone else is lennie. Lennie and crooks talk to each other and I believe this is because lennie is a bit simple minded so he does not discriminate against any of the characters unless George tells him too.
The first time crooks is mentioned is when Candy says “ya see the stable bucks a Nigger” and already you know that crooks is black but is a racist way. In the 1930’s sing words like the where casual and people use it in everyday language which shows how discriminated black people were back then. Chapter 4 is mostly about crooks and his life and about where he lives. In the chapter crooks says he how he is not wanted. Lennie asks why? And Crooks reply’s with “cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me”

Shakespeare and the Literary Heritage – Assessment Feedback

March 11, 2013 / / 0 Comments

This essay shows a real appreciation for the texts and their author’s intentions. You’ve worked to put them into their correct historical context, you’ve used quotations to support some of your ideas and you’ve begin exploring the language effects used to create emotion in the writing.

To develop the work further you may wish to:

  • Ensure that you support every idea with a specific quotation.
  • Learn some of the technical terminology to clarify the many language effects you’re describing.
  • Be careful to make sure your emotions are
  • Focus relentlessly on the question – how emotions of female characters are communicated
  • Explore the language in more detail – as opposed to the ideas. How the language strengthens the message.

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Touching the void quote.

February 28, 2013 / / 1 Comment

The line said by Joe Simpson: “You gotta make decisions. You gotta keep making decisions, even if they’re wrong decisions, you know. If you don’t make decisions, you’re stuffed.” Joe at this time is at a point of desperation and has to try anything or he knows that he is going to die. Joe keeps on making these decisions which end up saving his life and the quote almost helps you to cope with situations of extramity and panic. The way he uses the word”gotta” in the quote is like he is speaking normally and is not in a bad situaition which is really humanly.

Bus Drivers

February 2, 2015 / / 2 Comments

Where can I start off? First of all I should I start by saying that every single one of those bus drivers have no sympathy, they see me struggle and run to the bus stop in record-breaking times sweating and out of breath but what do the bus drivers do? They drive straight past me with no remorse.

Let me tell you what happened to me one day. I woke up and looked at my watch and jumped out of my bed in panic. I was late to school. I packed my bag skipped breakfast and ran out my house. I see the bus drive up my road, I started sprinting to the bus stop I was not stopping for anyone even managed to barged my way through some school kid’s. I felt like I had dropped something but I didn’t pay no mind to it and continued charging to the bus stop. I finally got to the bus stop panting and out of breath, the bus parks up beside me and I get on walking straight past the bus driver to sit down but then the bus driver knock’s on his window and calls me back. I went back to the bus driver and he started shouting at me telling me to get of the bus cause I have no ticket, naturally I would just get of the bus but because I had my bus pass I was confident. So I just started shouting back at him telling him I have my pass and I’m about to bring it out. Whilst I’m arguing everyone on the bus is now arguing with the bus driver because they believe that I have my pass and that the bus driver is holding the bus up. So now I’m searching for my bus pass in my pocket and I can’t find it, I then realize that I might have dropped it when I was running for the bus. The bus driver took this opportunity and started getting cocky started telling me to get of the bus again and he made everyone on the damn bus complain at me telling me that they have work or college to go to and that I’m holding up the bus. I was not about to beef the whole bus so I just got off the bus.

TFL is the criminal mastermind here, they want to make money off children who are not even old enough to have a job. The latest crime they did was disallowing the use of money on the bus. Before you could pay to get on the bus if you have no oyster but now the TFL criminals have changed the rules, now if I forgot my oyster I have to buy a travel card which cost about £10!. How are school children supposed to pay £10 a day just to get on a bus that’s about £50 a week!. Another thing that annoys me about bus drivers is when they go on strikes, its like they are forgetting some people have school or work to go to. Even if the strike is only for one day, one day can determine whether you pass or fail exams and they going on strike for what? Money? They should get a pay cut instead of a pay rise if you ask me. What’s so hard about driving a bus anyway its a simple job and yet bus drivers act like there above us. That’s all I have to say about bus drivers for now but I will be back.

 

 

 

The comparison of petruchio and Katherine

October 15, 2012 / / 2 Comments

This is not a fair comparison to compare petruchio’s behaviour  to Katherine’s at the beginning of the play because  petruchio was being insulting and how ever Katherina is just standing up for herself and being realistic .  Also she is different to the other girls in padua in a way that she is more independent and can twist words. but all she is trying to portray that  she does not want to get married.when petruchio has the argument with Katherina, petruchio said “, come, you wasp!” He is trying to insult her but when she reply’s “if I be waspish best be aware of my sting”. She uses what petruchio said against him in an intelligent way to stick up for herself but petrichio was trying to insult her. Also when petruchio is shouting at the servant Katherina was trying to calm petruchio down and you can see the behaviour that petruchio was showing to the slave and how different Katherina argues with people, she doesn’t show rage in her voice but she knows how to use words in a way that sounds like she is being insulting but she is really being truthfull and I believe this was  the difference between petruchio’s behaviour  and Katherina’s

This is Your Online Domain

September 4, 2012 / / 3 Comments

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Anything you post here in the public domain represents you and thus it’s important that you take care with that decision, but don’t be afraid to publish your work – as the feedback you may get from people at home, your peers and people from around the internet is only likely to enhance it.

Remember you can always access your class blog and all manner of resources through the Edutronic.net main website – and by all means check out the sites of your peers to see what they’re getting up to as well.

If you have any questions for me, an excellent way to get an answer is to create a new private post on this journal. I am notified of any new posts and will reply swiftly to any queries.

Make the most of, and enjoy this new freedom in your English learning.

Righto!

 

Mr Waugh

Anthology hawk roosting.

June 19, 2012 / / 0 Comments

In this poem, the author puts us in the position of a hawk which is above the world, presumably in  a tree. The author describes the hawk. The hooked feet and the hooked head. On the first paragraph he used descriptive techniques to introduce us by describing the animal and telling us about how it hunts.

 In the second paragraph we are then told about the advantage of being high up in the trees, the author shows us the delight of the hawk baing above and how it enjoys the buoyancy of the air.

I then tells about the hawk sitting on top of a branch and that it is a product of Gods creation. It says it is ‘holding creation’ which I think may mean the tree is creation or the bird has prey which is also creation. This shows us the bird has thoughts.

 It shows the bird does what it wants as it flies and is so powerful as it can hunt and kill as it wants to. The flight of the hawk is direct which may mean it knows where it is going as it may be hunting trying to get a certain thing. It then ends by telling that nothing in the world has changed since it began.