Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Death of English

To English majors or grammar nerds:
Below the Beltway

This article will make you cleverly laugh. To say anything else would be to spoil the article. I'm also a little self-conscious of my own grammar right now.

Excerpt:
It was not immediately clear to what degree the English language will be mourned, or if it will be mourned at all. In the United States, English has become increasingly irrelevant, particularly among young adults. Once the most popular major at the nation's leading colleges and universities, it now often trails more pragmatic disciplines, such as economics, politics, government, and, ironically, "communications," which increasingly involves learning to write mobile-device-friendly ads for products like Cheez Doodles.

Many people interviewed for this obituary appeared unmoved by the news, including Anthony Incognito of Crystal City, a typical man in the street.

"Between you and I," he said, "I could care less."

4 comments:

escapade said...

Grammar definitely seems to be a in a dreadful state of repair lately! Often catch myself in the middle of a phrase and have to stop...
I vote more books, less reality tv ;)

Anonymous said...

This article is hilariously, sad. M"oments later, already severely weakened, English died of shame."

Anonymous said...

Wow, that typo was a mistake! Touche?

Oh, My Darling said...

As a complete grammar nerd, I love this!