I read an article recently about our over use of positive and
encouraging words is leading to the watering down of the English
language. The author focused on words like excellent and unbelievable
and incredible. Those over-the-top words that are used so often now
in order to get attention.
One of the interesting things in the article was one he said that
overuse of the word waters down its special feeling and
descriptiveness. When you hear something is "amazing" over and over
and over the next thing that is "amazing" isn't quite so much because
amazing now means less than it did before.
Sometimes I wonder if social media has done that to us too.
Relationships with people use to be different, especially at a
distance. When you had friends outside of your daily circle of
existence or even your weekly or monthly circle of existence you would
plan special trips to go and see them, you would make the effort if
you were in their town to stop by or at least call, and those events
were special and cherished afterwords because they don't happen all
the time. Now with social media you see and hear from them all the
time. Or at least you think you do. And so people tend not to call
or make the effort to see you when they happen to be in your town.
At least that's been my experience. What about yours?
