It's not just Millenials who commit these unconscionable gaffes in popular speech - it's also doctors and lawyers, and even some journalists on national media. It's atrocious. From spelling errors, no doubt compounded by the shorthand required in texting, or Hollywood that has seen fit to turn all pronouns indiscriminately to the subjective, "I" ("between you and I," or "she gave you and I a nice gift," etc., etc., ad nauseum), now there is the dropping of the liaison "n" when two vowels are conjoined, as in "I had an accident." It's heard everywhere; it's even written everywhere. Right there on Google, third in line, is "How do you find a interest rate." The English language is a precious gift. To adulterate it seems a terrible practice, a sad practice, and does not bode well for Millenials, many of whom are mourning the sad economy or the dearth of jobs. I wonder if jobs - or the economy, for that matter - would suffer as much if they focused as much on developing their brains as they do on the latest thumb-damaging gadgets.
One's brain and ability to think and extrapolate are some of the greatest gifts any of us will ever have - along with our health. To suppress it; to refuse to educate it; to insist on drifting through life staring down on tiny screens and encouraging carpal tunnel syndrome is regrettable. Somehow that word just doesn't do justice to the passion I feel.
Another one just came across the wires: "He is a 84-year-old man." Hurts the ears!
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