I think the real question is when did these type of schools start allowing slang, only to ban it at this particular point in time?
âLikeâ, âBareâ, and âExtraâ are all perfectly valid words in formal english. How do they fit on this list?
I wonder what the list of banned words is at Eaton.
âLike, fuck off you stupid cunt, yeah?. Of course we can speak how we like.â
The one they should ban is âwell denchâ. I get it, but did it really come from Judy Dench (Dame)?
Jean Harrington: Boy, would I like to see you givinâ some old harpie the three in one!
âColonelâ Harrington: Donât be vulgar, Jean. Let us be crooked, but never common.
âThe Lady Eve
Well, Cory your indoctrination via The Guardian Guidance Programme into the ultraliberal lunatic left is now complete. Can you pass on the names of those who havenât been radicalised yet?
You do realise that school leavers here in the UK have amongst the lowest literacy and numeracy rates in the so-called developed world?
Of course, donât take my word for it - even your darling Guardian ran an article:
And do you really have an understanding of the difficulties both colleges and employers are facing due to students leaving school with poor literacy and grammar abilities? Iâm not sure youâre seeing the bigger picture here.
or sell sugary drinks and candy bars as a source of profitâŚ
The public high school I went to did that.
âŚor hire totally unqualified ideologues to teach the kids
And that too, unfortunately.
I had to read your post three times before I decided it wasnât satire, and I still wouldnât bet money on it.
did anyone else read the list as a single sentence?
Iâm going to miss âinnitâ. It reminds me of âlookitâ in Kansas-ese.
Basically, what? Yeah.
Haddaway and shite, man.
Claims like these are about 90% bullshit and 10% rooster diarrhea.
On the one hand, youâve got the claim that allowing kids to use âslangâ (official vocabulary is just slang thatâs been around by the way) somehow decreases or impedes their literary ability. I know it feels true to you but Iâd like to see some properly designed study say it. I canât imagine how using language more flexibly could possibly harm literary rates but Iâll listenâagainâto any properly conducted study youâd care to show.
On the other, youâre seeing the same old drivel about âour countryâ (itâs a UK article, but they do this shit in the US too) not producing qualified workers. I canât attest to how it is in the UK but in the US, thatâs just horsecrap. We have plenty of qualified workers, theyâre just hard pressed to accept less-than-living-wages for jobs that are posted with heavy degree requirements*. The companies here use it as an excuse to show that they need to outsource. âAmericans arenât qualified!â
And if our workers really arenât qualified, why is that? Itâs because our education system is a failure. Whoâs responsible for that? Maggie Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and all those who put them into power and let them do what they wanted with impunity.
*Sometimes impossible requirements. I remember when Ruby was about five years old and there were job postings for it demanding 8 years experience in it. The pay for that job? $12/hr.
ETA: Since I accidentally left the first paragraph in and feel sheepish taking it out, Iâll clarify that the third paragraph covers the rooster diarrhea.
I recently heard the CIO of a major UK bank talk about his job. I noticed that he used âyeahâ like a period, ending half his sentences with it.
Iâve never heard of âextraâ as slang. I like it. Does anyone have any example sentences?
Also loving that âbasicallyâ is slang. âBasicallyâ.
Given her reputation for being unafraid to use vulgarity, it seems reasonable to invoke her name as a stand-in for actual swear words.
Well, itâs definitely not âLogic TrollingââŚ
Careful, now. Youâve got a typo in there. Heâll be all over you⌠
Rent-seeking? I donât get that part of an otherwise cromulant rant about NewSpeak.
