Language Pollution

Nelson's chapter on "Bringing Language back to Life" was... well taxing. I wanted to scream in his face, "Yes, we get it."

Again, at least for me, Nelson was stating the obvious. We are surrounded with what Nelson called "Word Pollution." Its unavoidable. Media using this form of language as almost an attention getter for the population. The fact that we are so surrounded by it somewhat shows, well, it works. We are a fast paced society who doesn't have a lot of time for details. Having disk jockeys shout time, weather, and temperature is all we really have time for in our everyday lives. Sad, but true. As a society we have developed this type of vernacular out of convenience. I can not speak for everyone, but in the morning, I have time for the specifics, not a beautifully written, grammatically correct, oratory of the morning's happenings.

As for what Nelson said about "Deaden[ing] them to language" (322). That's a load of junk. There is just as much of a personal connection with the DJ on the radio as there is Deliah at night. Both have incredibly different ways in which they communicate; one that would be considered "pollution" and the other that could be considered "personal" but the effect remains the same. I do not agree tht students become blind and deaf to language. They just take a different level of it with them.