Friday, August 7, 2009

Vulgarities: The corruption of language

Many Ah Lians enjoy using vulgarities when trying to put their point across. Of course, due to their corrupted language skills we often don’t understand what they are trying to tell us. To make it worse, many of them add in a gargantuan amount of vulgarities, especially in hokkien. As such, even if their arguments have a grain of truth in them, though unlikely, we wouldn’t even understand what they are trying to say!

Recently, I have chanced upon some anti-aal blogs. From that name, you can infer that they are the Ah Lians. Upon entering their websites and reading their mindless posts, it is always of immediate realization that they lack the sarcasm and level of intellect to be able to attack the aals. Well, what can you expect from them anyway? There are some ALs telling us that our blog is of no use. But if so, can you imagine how the anti-aal blogs can be useful?

As for the ALs who visit our blog, please also learn how to flame creatively. For example, instead of dumping your entire dictionary of vulgarities, try using things like, “I’ll shove my beautifully manicured fingernails up your ass!” For goodness sake, I’m starting to get bored of their usual ‘arguments’.

Using vulgarities often corrupts one’s ability to effectively use a language. Although many stubbornly argue that they are able to use proper English when the time comes, most of these people tend to unconsciously use bad English at such instances. Reason being, when you repeat something (e.g. vulgarities) in such a large frequency, it becomes embedded in your mind and enters your subconscious mind, becoming a habit.

From a nationwide point of view, a corrupted language can adversely affect foreign investments as well as the good image of Singapore that we have taken decades to build. Although it may sound exaggerated, bad English on a more individual level can affect the impression others have on you. So my dear liannies, would you want to be despised by society, or do you want to make a good impression on others? It’s your choice.

Although many ALs do have a good grasp of language in hokkien and possibly Chinese, it is crucial to maintain a good language standard in English as well. Why? It is not that English is the most important language, but rather because it is widely used globally.

--Important Notes--
1.) I would like to officially announce that our guest reader De Maitre is not a member of aalteam2, nor is his/her blog affiliated to us.
2.) At aalteam2, we do not condone the personal attack of any individual, regardless of whether they are an AL or not. Please take this as the final warning. If anyone posts a URL of another person's blog, the post will be deleted immediately and the IP, banned. Thank You.

Just to clarify, AALteam2 does not post photos that are ripped off from blogs/friendster etc, as well as do personal attacks. Instead, we are relying on pure intellect to criticise twits and bad English. As such, do not accuse us of anything that we did not do as you can be charged under the Defamation Act.

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