Words

Hello again! J. Cooper Thurlow here with another “thought of the day.” First off I want to thank my grandson, Christopher, for typing these up for me. We only have a few computers here at the retirement home, and those are for communal use. I'm not sure the other folks here would appreciate me taking up too much time, and I don't want to keep signing up for computer time. What if I don't have a thought when I'm scheduled for the computer? What if I think of something while I'm watching a golf match and other people are using the computers? I think you see why this is a better situation. Anyway, it appears that this is called a “blog” and not “blogg,” like I originally wrote it. I guess you really do learn something new every day. Thanks again Christopher. You're growing up into quite the considerate young man, but I wish you were nicer to your mom. But that was yesterday's “thought of the day.” I should also tell you that hopefully these things won't be as long as the last one, though I guess they could be. I just don't know if my “thoughts of the day” are going to be all that complicated.

What I wanted to talk about today was, did you ever notice how certain words aren't used anymore? I'm not just talking about “hip” words that young people use like rad and squadoosh. I'm talking about words that used to describe certain things and feelings that for whatever reason society has replaced with worse words. I'm talking about words like “dreamy” and “stylus” and “soused.” And how come no one ever says “bonkers” anymore? You don't say someone went bonkers now, you just say they're mentally ill. It's like we're dumbing down the English language. There's a man on the news whose name I can't recall who talks about this, and I'd agree with him if he didn't have a large vein on his forehead that makes it hard to trust him. Anyway, that's my “thought of the day.”

See you tomorrow,

J. Cooper Thurlow