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English - Anomalies & Changes

English - Anomalies & Changes

 This is MY language. There is an element of speakers who reject the “gender” pronouns. Moreover, the women’s movement of 50 years ago introduced, and was engendered in English, the deletion of words that, to the advocates, ended in “..man”: fireman, policeman, chairman, and the list continues.

What these advocates proposed: “policewoman, firefighter woman, chairwoman, spokeswoman”.

It is an error of “social justice” in making/giving equal status to women. People want to be accepted, liked and popular. The unspoken “social contract”. Young women who were addressed as “Miss” but, because of Gloria Steinem’s magazine, “MS”, the former address is largely out of fashion.

It works but changing parts of language, based on Ignorance is foolish. But language changes with usage. It depends on WHO uses an expression, a word, a verb…used by a popular person, it catches on.

Gender in language exists in many languages.

The noun-forming extension [man] comes to English from the Indo-European language meaning “a Person or a Man”. The linguistic attack by the same genre of ignorants is now eyeing the Pronouns, HE, SHE, THEY, THEM, THEIR….

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About Money

Money has been an integral part of life since we got a nickel from grandpa. That nickel would buy a popsicle or an ice cream cone.

I knew about money but not the values. My grandpa often showed me a nickel and a dime. He let me choose. I always chose the Nickel, it was bigger. It’s how you learn. What do you know about Money when you are five years old?

Personal income did increase from the 25 cents for a pair of gopher feet to 80 cents an hour at the grocery. As a Sophomore in college, for parking cars I earned a buck-twelve an hour. 

It’s doubtful if any of us have thought much about money, except how to get or earn more. Like many baby-boomers, in mid-life, money took on an interest. The IRS wants accounting. That’s one department. 

Most people know of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. It is a “federal” as Federal Express.

These two videos explain more about money than most folks ever knew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQUhJTxK5mA         > Creation of Money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzoX7zEZ6h4           > Expansion of Money Supply - M1

E-Words

 The most difficult language to learn is the one that you first learned. A native speaker does not recognize the idiosyncrasies which makes it curious to non-native. 

The non-native speaker can pose “Why” questions. They may recognize a word from their language that has a curious pronunciation. For example, in a reading exercise, the word “calliope” was with “-ee”, at the end. 

The reader, French, knew the word was the same but was spoken differently. That question started a 58 year search for words of this “end in E” pronunciation.   

Here is the list:

https://tinyurl.com/y5azwsfs

Making History - 2020

This year began as expected. An election year is always political but this year has developed as very special. The NEWS suddenly became flooded with the stories about a virus that was killing the inferm and vulnerable  adults. 

Our elected leaders endorsed hand washing and sanitizing lotions. Then there were the Masks. But remember that the virus lives on surfaces for up to two weeks. 

Within weeks, restaurants, theaters, and churches were closed or limited to 25 to 50 percent of occupancy. Large gatherings of people at weddings and funerals were banned. 

Exceptions were allowed for high profile elected leaders. They do make the rules. 

When word got out, the first reaction was to empty the Walmart Stores of its inventory of toilet paper. When hand-washing and sanitizing lotion became the norm, the Mask was a MEME for following the rules. 

Doctors and Dentists who had observed sanitation procedures for decades, now, they had everyone in the office wearing a mask. 

Grocery and Liquor stores did not require Masks. Menards required a mask to shop in the store. Meanwhile, weddings and funerals were not allowed, too many people in one place. 

I wonder if the ceremonies could have been held in a Grocery or Liquor store.

Now that we see a marginal return to ‘normal’, restaurants, theatres, etc. I am reminded of the velvet hammer. Once it was called the “soft sell”, that is, “give the person (people) a plausible reason for following the rules”, and they will comply willingly. 

The other way is to instill a fear. Real or imagined, the fear causes the people to react with unexpected actions. The psychology and response has not changed. The people who took the rail trip to the Polish and German towns. They followed rules.  

  

Who benefits from Change

The Watergate building gave its name to the investigation and reporting of the 1972 break in to the DNC. It has entered the language a descriptive suffix of every investigation for the last fifty years.

The second expression in English from “Watergate” is “follow the money”. That is, who benefits from some radical shift in the social contract. The pandemic which occupies the news. It applies here.

Before the March 8 announcement of the Coved-19 pandemic, the cable news outlets had lost their audience. Cable entertainment was searching for an audience. ZOOM, Meet, and Jitsi were scarcely known.

Currently, their stocks are out of reach. Makers of masks are doing well.

Good Hygiene

Your mom taught you to cover your mouth when you sneeze, wash your hands before eating, and brush your teeth before bed. Good hygiene that you were taught by family. Now, because of Coved-19, the government has made it an order.

Every year, in the fall, the citizenry is encouraged to get a flu shot, just in case. We are told that it is for the coming strain of the flu but you should get your shot. “Ask your doctor” or “ It’s available at your pharmacy”. 

About sixty-thousand people get the’ flu every winter. It doesn’t matter whether they got a flu shot. Life goes on, they get well. This year was different. 

The news reports of a disease or flu in China came out in January and February. It was not until March 11 when the NY Times reported that Tom Hanks and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus.

Well then, if a Hollywood actor can contract the virus, it’s serious. We need to buy toilet paper. Charmin had it right, “Enjoy the Go”, wear a mask, wash your hands, keep six feet distance from each other. Oh yes, Shelter in Place, stay in your house. Listen to every warning and be careful of touching any surface. Fear.

FDR (1933) “ We have nothing to Fear but Fear itself.” 

TV News (2020) “Today, reported cases of Coved-19 surged…”

Fear vs. Power

There is a correlation between fear and the amount of power people seek.[Power increases in direct relation to Fear]

Posted Mar 11, 2013  Psychology Today.