sorry stevyn of The Unbearable Oddness of Stevyn whom just wrote a blog intitled Ready Shreddy Go but i disagree goobledegook in moderation is just fine. This blog was about simple english compared to the more complecated goobledegook english as he called it. I think the language type he is most conserned with is the legal papers talk or the instruction manual lingo. In that regard i agree things could be a lil less complicated. But in moderation i believe goobledegook is english. English doesnt have to be dumbed down. People are smart enough they dont need easy reading. I would like to think that people who actual like reading would much more enjoy a challenging read with complicated tough wording more that a spoon feed the meaning of the sentence type of wording.
I consider Complex writing to be art. It makes it more poetic. Ergo it is poetic art that through its complexity it can spark true thinking and cause people to have to think in new ways. That complexity of wording creates flexibility for the reader. Some will be pulled deeply into the story. Feeling the stress of the story or gain a feeling that they can smell the smell that the poet so eliquently describes. In that complicated wording there is so much detail that can truly bring the story out. In that complete detail some things may be over looked. Through this i believe that we see what stimulates each individual readers attention. This is a small peak into their intrests and personality. Those that miss one thing maybe cant imagin that detail like others can. This is the 2nd way it challenges us. It makes you not only become a better reader it helps you mentally imagine things better.
Writers need to fight against any rebel group that brings forth an uprising against the freeness in which we write. No one understands that freedom like the writers. I mean people no one tells the painters not to paint what they feel, or to make it more normal so its easier to be understood by the people who happen to be admiring it.
Readers if you dont want to think about what your reading... dont read that... find something you can be interested in, understand maybe you can work your way up. Please dont try to make it easier on yourself. Watch a movie same thing less imagination and brain function. But readers your not dumb you can read the good stuff that is the goobledegook.
(probably not what you were rebelling against stevyn but i just dont want the beautiful english that shows the greatness that can come out of literacy to be dumbed down)
(i hate instruction manuals and legal forms the same as the next man however, they do it simply for the detail i talked about earlier however if they could simplify it without loosing that important detail i am all for it)
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I love reading, and I like when I find words or phrases that I'm not familiar with. If I don't know what something means, I usually look it up. I end up with a bigger vocabulary than when I started. :)
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