When I was in high school the vernacular was quite different than it is today.
I guess speech patterns change over time.
Back then we used to say dude, man, wicked, wild and those words were new sounding and cool.
Dude.
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I used to say that about a hundred times a day.
Of course nowadays when someone thinks of the word dude they tend to think of some hipster doofus.
Dude, where's my car? That's a great movie, by the way.
Today's language is something that I don't even fully understand. Hot, Lit, Fire. There's a fascination with things being very warm. Who knows why.
Words have always changed with time. The English language is flexible and dynamic. What was cool becomes old and boring before you know it.
There's a great book called The Maltese Falcon written by Dashiell Hammett. This book came out in 1930. At the time the language used was radical and unique.
Son of a gun.
That book coined that phrase. In the book it was a somewhat harsh and in your face thing to say. It certainly wasn't to be used in mixed company.
Now it seems like something that your Grandpa would say. Something completely harmless. It wasn't harmless when the book was written in 1930 though.
That's just how the world works.
Words that are new and interesting additions to the English language today will be tired and tedious in 20 years.
Of course new words will come out that will make the old words seem completely tame.
Some scholars hate the idea of an evolving language, but if we're going to survive we must adapt.
I think everyone learns that in any class that teaches about the past.
Would the dinosaurs have taken the time to learn a new language?
I bet they were still saying Dude when the atom bomb hit them and wiped them out.
Just Kidding.
I know they were wiped out by a film crew that overstepped it's bounds when it traveled back in time to make a documentary about overstepping your bounds when travelling back in time.
At any rate, language evolves Dude. We have to evolve with it.
Thanks for reading!
