Comments on: Slang is good for you http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/slang-is-good-for-you/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Fri, 17 May 2013 12:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: stephen http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/slang-is-good-for-you/#comment-308894 stephen Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:23:40 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29900#comment-308894 Your readers may like http://slargon.com/ it is a video language library of slang, idioms and other peculiar language. Your readers may like http://slargon.com/ it is a video language library of slang, idioms and other peculiar language.

]]> By: David Constable http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/slang-is-good-for-you/#comment-302369 David Constable Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:30:10 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29900#comment-302369 Chris, I agree with your comment - having taught public speaking, but have a caveat... cursing has been shown to be good for you, also (U.K. studies, I believe) - in a cathartic way. and... the F-bomb has been shown to be the most cathartic, due to the opprobrium attached by some people, especially when used in inappropriate places. I never direct this expletive at anyone, only the situation. As you know, it fulfills the uses for many parts of speech and in many connotations and intonations. Cursing, can be freeing, too - if one has the back-up of a good vocabulary to express oneself articulately. Chris,

I agree with your comment – having taught public speaking, but have a caveat… cursing has been shown to be good for you, also (U.K. studies, I believe) – in a cathartic way. and… the F-bomb has been shown to be the most cathartic, due to the opprobrium attached by some people, especially when used in inappropriate places. I never direct this expletive at anyone, only the situation. As you know, it fulfills the uses for many parts of speech and in many connotations and intonations. Cursing, can be freeing, too – if one has the back-up of a good vocabulary to express oneself articulately.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/slang-is-good-for-you/#comment-301845 Chris Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:07:10 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29900#comment-301845 I agree wholeheartedly about the use of slang being a freeing action. It allows us to better communicate with those we want to and, in our own way, limit the communication with those we do not. Expletives, on the other hand, do not free us, but limit us and the effect we can have on others with our communication. This is because of the extreme feelings they bring with them. When I ask others why they cuss or use expletives, the response more times that I can remember is, "because it just comes out" or "it just seems natural" or some very similar reason. I have always thought that urinating and defecating on oneself is natural and normal (for infants especially), but we teach them not to do it because of the limits it would put on their lives. This is the same reason why the use of expletives should be discontinued. It limits what we want to say in a bad way. I suggest finding a new slang term for an old curse word. I agree wholeheartedly about the use of slang being a freeing action. It allows us to better communicate with those we want to and, in our own way, limit the communication with those we do not. Expletives, on the other hand, do not free us, but limit us and the effect we can have on others with our communication. This is because of the extreme feelings they bring with them. When I ask others why they cuss or use expletives, the response more times that I can remember is, “because it just comes out” or “it just seems natural” or some very similar reason. I have always thought that urinating and defecating on oneself is natural and normal (for infants especially), but we teach them not to do it because of the limits it would put on their lives. This is the same reason why the use of expletives should be discontinued. It limits what we want to say in a bad way. I suggest finding a new slang term for an old curse word.

]]> By: The Health Benefits Of Slang | The Penn Ave Post http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/slang-is-good-for-you/#comment-301751 The Health Benefits Of Slang | The Penn Ave Post Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:44:09 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29900#comment-301751 [...] Health Benefits Of Slang Posted at 1:00 on October 20, 2012 by Andrew Sullivan Michael Adams extols them: Slang keeps your mind nimble. Speaking or listening to rhyming slang is like doing the [...] [...] Health Benefits Of Slang Posted at 1:00 on October 20, 2012 by Andrew Sullivan Michael Adams extols them: Slang keeps your mind nimble. Speaking or listening to rhyming slang is like doing the [...]

]]> By: Amy http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/slang-is-good-for-you/#comment-300251 Amy Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:31:59 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29900#comment-300251 Sounds like an interesting book. Good reminder that language is a living, breathing, changing thing. Slang can get especially complicated in translation: http://www.alsintl.com/blog/slang-translation/ Sounds like an interesting book. Good reminder that language is a living, breathing, changing thing. Slang can get especially complicated in translation: http://www.alsintl.com/blog/slang-translation/

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