Call it political correctness, call it Big Brother-ish, or
call it a lame-o topic for articles (and blog posts, how meta), there is much
to be said for the annihilation of words.
Or not. But at least this comic strip about the concept is
funny.
What words would I choose to annihilate, or, at least
through the Otterloop Conundrum, render meaningless through endless repetition?
Annihilate seems to be a good candidate. First of all, do you pronounce the H
or not? Do those who pronounce the H sound pretentions, thus inciting the
listener to wish they would be annihilated? Would the annihiliation of
annihilate, uh, annihilate the unclear antecedent from the previous sentence,
where we’re not sure whose annihilation we’re meant to celebrate? Or should I
forget the whole thing and start over?
No comments:
Post a Comment