Saturday, August 24, 2019
Odd mismatch
Just an oddity, expressed as a dyssyllogism....
Premise 1. Women have the strongest innate language talents. Much bigger and better brain equipment for language.
Premise 2. Women do most of the talking.
Premise 3. Women teach kids to talk.
Dystherefore: Women's jobs and women's concerns are nearly absent from slang and metaphors. The oldest slang comes from hunting and armies. Older American slang comes from railroads and telegraphs and cars and sports. Newer slang comes from black men, first in the jazz era then in the gang era.
We don't have many common terms from the technical aspects of nursing or teaching or housework. We have a few from the general experience of families.
Labels: Language update
¶ 12:52 AM
