But each language holds its own complexities. Grammar , synonyms , antonyms , genders and what not. If a person is good looking then to express this thing in English we must take into consideration his/her gender because if I'll use the wrong word people will think that I am an ignorant person.
But why do I need to think hundred times before speaking or writing in any language? Why do I need to learn a single language for years while I know that the significance of a language is just to pass my expression to others.
Can someone tell me that who made those grammar rules? And if you can answer that question then answer one more question , why are there so many exceptions in each and every rule? Who told that the spelling of psychology is psychology , why the hell there are silent alphabets?
Why we cannot ask for answers of these questions? We are just being a lamb and following what is being done. The people who standardized those words may have chosen the spellings and grammar rules of their own choice and now it has become prevalent and no one questions 'em.
What if I make a spelling error or a grammatical error while communicating? People will think that this fellow is not a learned one but why should I? I just want to convey my message and until I am successful in doing so why should I care about the rules and spellings.
If a person comes across a word which other people might not know and if in any communication he/she uses that word than the impact would be different. Come on words are just words why are we so much bothered about 'em?
Every word has umpteen number of synonyms. I do agree that depending upon the circumstances we have to use a synonym of the same word but why should we increase the complexity? Don't we already have enough complexities to deal with?
I am observing that now a days people have started using slangs in their day to day life. Many people are there who are severely criticizing this thing but I think that use of slang is a good thing. It saves time and space. The sole purpose of the words and language is satisfied , communication. Language is a man-made thing and man can at anytime change that according to his own comfort and convenience.
Yes, surely we'll find people including me who say that we must use our mother tongue as a medium of communication, but why? Why we become emotionally attached to those man-made things? We don't know which language do God speak so there is no spiritual angle in the use of language. You are not being infidel while using any language other than your mother tongue.
People communicate even without words so why we are being dependent on and influenced by the words. Just imagine that how much time of your life you have spent to mug up spellings and grammar rules. How much time you have to invest to traverse the pages of the dictionary? And then think that what have you finally achieved after this investment? Just a few more words!!
Had it not been for semantic & syntactic rules of English or say grammar & spelling rules, that is uniform "protocol" 4 any 1 communicating in English or any common language, i or rather none would be able to understand your revolutionary ideas, which u can so easily frame through simple words, though not impressive but worth reading. Hope my language & my words were simple & terse enough to make my point :) Keep it as simple as possible, but not simpler.. remember?
ReplyDelete@Karishma : I agree with your point but the issue of contention and the thing on which I was pondering and am pondering is the redundancies and complexities involved in any language. It is the rigidness of a language that haunts me. Why should I memorize score of words which mean one and the same thing. Why are there synonyms? What's the need of the synonyms. I know that there must be some protocol i.e a standardize version but one must not be limited or bound to those syntax and semantic rules. If a thing is made for our convenience then why should we adhere to it all the time. It has to be pliant in nature.
ReplyDeleteAnd your words were simple , terse and also piercing ;)
Dude, now u r already clear of why we need so called Standardisation of the language, let me ask u one question. Who has asked u to use synonyms? Its up to u whether u use them or not. U want to keep things simple, keep dem, but by avoiding synonyms u r making things tougher for others. Let me xplain:
ReplyDeleteIt mite b convenient for u to say: U r irritating me now!!
I prefer saying WTF man!!
Its just words, and it depends on me (s well s u) hw to use dem. If u want to say I m gng for a walk, I can find scroll a better option. If there wd nt b synonyms, den I wd b forced to use the same word s is liked by u. Which means I m not doing wat I please (ur exact pt). N u dnt hav to learn all the synonyms, just drop the shame n when someone says somethin u dnt understand, ask them. As Simple As That.
@Logan : No one has asked me to use synonyms but when I find the meaning of some unfamiliar word I end up in finding the meaning which I knew already but that interpretation was associated with some other word so that redundancy is the thing that I cannot permit. But you may ask that who the hell am I to permit anything? I have no answer.
ReplyDeleteOther thing is I am not ashamed of my lack of cognition of vocabulary and I never balk to ask the meaning of any unknown word but the thing is that I need to spare my valuable time to go through tomes.
One more thing is acceptance and prejudice by the people. If I am not using some esoteric language or some ostentatious words than I would loose my value and importance of may be considered as dolt. And there comes the issue of acceptance with the help of synonyms.
If I want to say a girl that she is very pretty then why do I wish her to flatter by using "You are the most ravishing girl I have ever seen" instead of saying "You are very pretty". That is prejudice . Every unfamiliar thing is has an ability to appeal. The meaning remains the same in both the sentences. Feeling also remains the same the why should one expect to make it more impact?