Words, naught but words

[andysocial]

What has happened to our society, when even college graduates don't seem to possess a vocabulary that exceeds that of an elementary school dropout?

Comments

Hmm..

[moonechilde.livejournal.com]

"I'll take 'AOL-ese' for 500, Alex."

In my own little world, though, spelling errors occur when the brain is going faster than the fingers.

Nice to meet you, by the by.. San Angelo, eh? Isn't that *pointing in a general direction* somewhere over there?

Re: Hmm..

[andysocial]

San Angelo is in the middle of nowhere. :-)

I don't mind spelling errors, it's the lack of understanding by most people of any word more complex than the ones they heard on the playground in 4th grade. It's quite perplexing when I have to continually explain my vocabulary to my students, most of whom are "better educated" than I. Eh! No biggee.