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[BillJ]

This is why I have hated the cutesy word "veggies" since it first popped up a few years ago.

Vegetables has been abbreviated as veggies for as long as I can remember. Which would be around 1975 and I can't imagine that was when it popped into existence.

 

[Nerys Myk]

One dictionary gives 1955 as the first recorded usage.

 

[BillJ]

Standard English, as it (thankfully still) exists today, to me represents a great civilization, one I like better than the alternatives. It's a civilization that achieved great things in health and sanitation, that raised our standards of living, extended our lifespans, and best of all led to Star Trek itself. Kirk and Spock speak English. I don't want to see the language devolve into baby talk.

If you had told a proud ancient Roman that his civilization would fall, his language would die, and his homeland would be marred by poverty and cultural darkness for hundreds of years, would you also ask him to shrug it off and whistle a happy tune? Albertese makes a good case, but some kinds of cultural evolution, while unstoppable, are not changes for the better.

If this society falls, it won't fall because of Standard English evolving. It'll fall because too few seem to care when rights are denied to groups of people because they're different and because people are executed by authorities on the streets because of the color of their skin.

I hope you're as up in arms over those issues as you are the evolution of the English language.

 

[Rincewiend]

This is why I have hated the cutesy word "veggies" since it first popped up a few years ago.

"A few years ago"?!?
It's a bit older than "a few years ago"...

From
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veggie

Origin of VEGGIE
by shortening & alteration
First Known Use: 1955

 

[Metryq]

This is why I have hated the cutesy word "veggies" since it first popped up a few years ago.

"A few years ago"?!?
It's a bit older than "a few years ago"...

(He's a time traveler. Give him a break.)

 

[BigJake]

Standard English, as it (thankfully still) exists today, to me represents a great civilization, one I like better than the alternatives. It's a civilization that achieved great things in health and sanitation, that raised our standards of living, extended our lifespans, and best of all led to Star Trek itself. Kirk and Spock speak English. I don't want to see the language devolve into baby talk.

If you had told a proud ancient Roman that his civilization would fall, his language would die, and his homeland would be marred by poverty and cultural darkness for hundreds of years, would you also ask him to shrug it off and whistle a happy tune? Albertese makes a good case, but some kinds of cultural evolution, while unstoppable, are not changes for the better.

If this society falls, it won't fall because of Standard English evolving. It'll fall because too few seem to care when rights are denied to groups of people because they're different and because people are executed by authorities on the streets because of the color of their skin.

I hope you're as up in arms over those issues as you are the evolution of the English language.

+ 1

 

[Rincewiend]

This is why I have hated the cutesy word "veggies" since it first popped up a few years ago.

"A few years ago"?!?
It's a bit older than "a few years ago"...

(He's a time traveler. Give him a break.)

Well ok...
(hands over snooker-cue)

 

[The Old Mixer]

Damn parents/grandparents and their slang! *Shakes fist.*