The vapidity of our rhetoric in general is appalling.
Though the most influential factor that I have come to notice is the unpardonable increase in 'leet-speak'(?); this can come to include, yet is not limited to: unspecified jargon unrelated to any topic, uncalled for abuse of unheard of or made-up acronyms, unauthorized use of obscure slang and/or cultural references, et al. This is mostly due to the ever-increasing exposure to mainstream pop culture by means of syndicated television programs and stale music genres.
This is only a broad intrepretation on my part, though. (I had to write a thirty-page thesis on the topic, so I have experience in the matter.)
What more can I say?
Restrict the following perturbable parts of dignified speech and writing:
- Abandon the uses of "um, like, okay, and...uh, you see, what?, huh?, yeah, unh-huh", which either seek to give the person appropriating them a failing chance to think while speaking or to allow an uncomfortable break in narration that lends itself most likely to end up in the speaker trailing off (it doesn't work in any regard, one or the other; it only illustrates a foolish attempt at coherent speech, and perhaps creating a false representation of an underlying speech impediment that no one wants to correct)
- Ellipses(...) is not meant to be substituted for every other correct punctutation in a sentence or thought.
- Have little patience for sarcasm and those who use it often.
- When others correct you, solely recognize faults in your pronunciation, not faults in yourself.
- Tone is key.
- It is most difficult to discern your intentions when you run-on without pause.
- Enunciation is important, yet do not let yourself become anal-retentive about subtle and minute nuaces in others' speech and elocution.
I find it difficult to think in exactingly, instead I resort to broad generalizations. I'll try to amend this.
