The Lake Superior State University has included the word 'blog' among several other 'misused, abused, over-used or useless' words of the English language that ought to be proscribed. It appears in the 2005 Banished Words List along with phrases like 'wardrobe malfunction' and 'pockets of resistance'. Somebody who nominated for 'blog' to be 'banished' would like to see words like 'diary' and 'journal' being used instead ( since blog comes from weblog = web+log i.e, an online journal).
Some of the other words in the list indeed deserve to be there ; anybody caught using 'safe and effective' , 'all new' and 'and more!' again should be put through rigorous courses in vocabulary amelioration that require them to learn words like 'absquatulate' , 'spifflicate' and 'sternutatory' all day long as punishment. 'Blog' seems to be the most innocent word in that list- it really doesn't deserve such harsh treatment- what say, fellow keepers of online journals?
5 comments:
blog blog blog!!!
To blog or not to blog, that is an absurd question... blogger.com would have to become "onlinejournalwriter.com" - who'd visit such a site?
:) Blog away!
Merci beaucoup Imran!!! Tu es très gentil!
On attend impatiemment ton prochain 'post'!
dear Imran and Padma
un dos tres quatro...
Dear Schazeb,
Bravo! You beat Ricky Martin at counting in Spanish :-)
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