A little blog from an upstart theologian that will do its best to exemplify Christ while sharing a thing or two along the way.
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Thursday, July 08, 2004
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surprised. I walk around in the malls, thoroughfares, and concourses of my life and keep an attentive ear towards the speech and discussions of others (not eavesdropping, just listening obliquely to their conversations.) I have indeed noticed the slaughtering of the English language that has taken place in many of these conversations. Small idiomatic phrases now so fill the conversations that in many cases the conversation is only idiomatic phrases tossed back and forth. Also the average citizen has a much smaller vocabulary than previous generations. I listen and hear many friends in conversations frequently using words improperly. Granted my personal curriculum of reading is such that I get a frequent digest of higher level vocabulary and sentence construction than most, but still I would suspect that the average Harry Schmedlap on the street could do better. The power of the written word helps us in a great multiplicity of ways: from vocabulary strengthening, grammatical constructions, conveying thoughts, and grasping abstract ideas to name several. By picking up the classics, or even some of the contemporary attempts at literature people can find a gateway into deeper personal development.
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