English spelling is crazy.
That’s why I don’t teach it — I’m terrible at it!
So last week when my email software underlined a word for me, I thought I had misspelled it.
But when I moved my mouse over the word, this is what I saw:
“non-inclusive language…”
“biased…”
In case you don’t follow American news, we have some people who want to make the world a better place by changing the language.
Bad words are any words with gender: he… she… fireman….
But what are the good words?
What can I write?
I decided to find out…
Seems to be fine.
Let’s see….
Looks ok.
Hmmm…
Nope. No problem there, either.
Well, now we know how to be inclusive and non-biased.
Don’t you feel better?
Have a great weekend!
Im sorry, but today I did not understand your story. 😥
Icannot understand, the story.host…bias…..evil…..sorry!!!!
Interesting!!
“Donald Trump is Satana and
Bald men cause cancer !”
No , I don’ t understand those meanings and , of course , I need to stick with it…
Perhaps I need” a crutch” ! Please Mr . Vig!!😂👍
I don´t fallow American news and It´s sad if some American people consider like bad any words with gender: he… she… fireman…mermaid… Strong coffee tonight: “Men are evil.” Hm, men are sensitive creatures just differently than women. “Donald Trump is Satan.” Oh, no idea, I don´t know him. My aunt living in US was rooting for him. “Bald men cause cancer.” Really? Which university did the research? Goodevening and take it easy.
Thank you Mr. Vig, nice weekend and by the way I like Tramp 😁😁😁 even it’s like an evil!!!
Hi ! It’s a delicate subiect !
Have a nice weekend !
Oh….what was that now? Joke? Irony? True? Or something else? First time I read, I didn´t understand nothing. I will read it again tomorrow.
Have a nice weekend!
It’s particular. Something is sure. It’s better to know and to choose what we want to write.
I don’t understand Mr. VIG.
Today I read the vitamin V story for the first time and I had a lot of fun. It is funny and apt. And I also hope that the obsession with non-inclusive language does not spread all over the world like covid did…
You got the joke!
Dear Mr. Vig, I am very glad not to be American and not to teach at an American school or university. These new polite-correct speech rules make me crazy. To invent new words in place of the natural developed traditional ones (p.e. “them” instead of “he”, “she”, “it”) is a foolishness! It is one thing to be polite and tolerate to all different kind of people and minorities, but it’s totally another thing to corrupt your own language just to please someone’s illness.
I agree totally!
I really didn’t understand the point, what is it about.
In this case, I supouse we don’t take your exemple right a way. You create emotion for us and we learn words easily. It’s my opinion.
Apparently, idiots multiply much faster than ordinary, “biased” people. There may be some better ways to improve our living on this planet than changing the language. But it would perhaps need some more imagination…
These things are for transgender and a sort of people that doesn’t feel comfortable with simply “he”, “she”, ” woman”, “man”. For those situations it began to use ” they”, sing. form.
I think to put rules in the language we speak it’s not a good thing it’s like to kill the language.
Ha-ha-ha, this was good! The American are crazy!
HI Ryan !
You said that English speling is crazy !
For who? Estonia ,us or everybody ?
Without speling ,peoples can’t learn and speak english language.
The other quotes are crazy
Today saturday h 20.55 Bucharest
Thank you Mr. Vig for your quizzing us of new wards!
I am quit your school but I’m still your Vitamin V reader!
And with your interesting posts like this I continue developing my English skills.
I think Lobbies are Gods, or should I say Godnesses? The point is respect, and the bad called inclusive language forget the important thing.
This theory of political correctness is widespread in the Western world.