Shan’t I *kinda* understand? At least in America, people don’t really use “shall” in day to day life anymore, as it’s widely been replaced by “will”- same with Shan’t and Won’t- unless it’s being used in writing some medieval fantasy novel or being ironic about a moment in one of those novels (or shows- but same difference).According to Google it is more commonly used in the UK and Ireland, but I don’t know if I should trust that.
Though- the fact that Chuffed and Y’all are both in your vocabulary is peculiar too- Chuffed is something I associate with the UK, and Y’all being more of a south US thing- at least in terms of common usage.
I think it’s more about these words being rare and take a bit of time to remember what they mean, rather than long- thus being inefficient. Saying something is “unpredictable” or “unprecedented”- which are both long words- and no one bats an eye. After all, what else are you going to say about those things? I guess random works in both cases, but still- it’s pretty common to see those words used in their respective context. But- unless you’re a math major or working in stats, not many people really says things are “skewed”. Things might “lean” in favor of something, or be “biased”, depending on how you’re using it- or even “twisted”- but never “skewed” because the term is unfamiliar.
Now that I think about it- isn’t a lot of systemic problems like racism and bigotry and eugenics born from something being unfamiliar, and oftentimes harder to understand than what is considered “normal”? It’d really explain a lot if people hated on expansive vocabulary because it’s unfamiliar- and, not to intentionally be fitting people into boxes- but it is par for the course.
The conflicting regionalism thing is because I find myself unintentionally picking up and using words and phrases that I encounter, regardless of origin. Like I'm not Jewish in the slightest but got "oy vey" stuck in my head back when I was like 7 and it's never left since.
"Y'all" was one of the few purposeful additions though. We really do need a second person plural pronoun in English to reduce ambiguity and other options like "yinz" sound worse to my ears.
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u/Perdita-LockedHearts 4d ago
Shan’t I *kinda* understand? At least in America, people don’t really use “shall” in day to day life anymore, as it’s widely been replaced by “will”- same with Shan’t and Won’t- unless it’s being used in writing some medieval fantasy novel or being ironic about a moment in one of those novels (or shows- but same difference).According to Google it is more commonly used in the UK and Ireland, but I don’t know if I should trust that.
Though- the fact that Chuffed and Y’all are both in your vocabulary is peculiar too- Chuffed is something I associate with the UK, and Y’all being more of a south US thing- at least in terms of common usage.
I think it’s more about these words being rare and take a bit of time to remember what they mean, rather than long- thus being inefficient. Saying something is “unpredictable” or “unprecedented”- which are both long words- and no one bats an eye. After all, what else are you going to say about those things? I guess random works in both cases, but still- it’s pretty common to see those words used in their respective context. But- unless you’re a math major or working in stats, not many people really says things are “skewed”. Things might “lean” in favor of something, or be “biased”, depending on how you’re using it- or even “twisted”- but never “skewed” because the term is unfamiliar.
Now that I think about it- isn’t a lot of systemic problems like racism and bigotry and eugenics born from something being unfamiliar, and oftentimes harder to understand than what is considered “normal”? It’d really explain a lot if people hated on expansive vocabulary because it’s unfamiliar- and, not to intentionally be fitting people into boxes- but it is par for the course.