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In Adam Sternbergh essay," Got bub all up in the hizzle, yo!" he gives perfect examples on how termanology from rap lyrics have entered I our everyday conversations. Sternbergh goes on to explain why "business" like terms aren't you used in daily conversations. He says,"The difference though is that business jargon exist only to create the illusion of innovation in the absense of new ideas." I translated this is in mind as him saying that " business jargon" is used to make thing seem more important then what they are, and slang terms gives new and exciting meaning to a word that keeps an audiences attention. Even though an english professor might critique you on your use of grammar, because what is "hip", isn't always appopriate.
Sternbergh also talks about how hip-hop lyrics are to comprehend. Sternbergh discuss how rappers use words because it rhymes, but it makes no sense like,"anthrax with tampax". This is how one couls sound if they only talked in slang, only people in your age group would be able to understand what you were trying to say.
I believe the point Adam Sterbergh was trying to get across is there is a time a place to use slang, but when it comes to professional conversations slang shouldn't be present.
5 comments:
Natalie, I don't think that was the point he was trying to make at all. I think he was trying to tell his audience that hip hop jargon and "slang" are becoming more prevalent in our world.
I agree with Rebekah. Over time slang has become more and more prevelant in our society. There are even words like "Bling-Bling" that are actually in the dictionary now.
I agree with the fact that he thinks there is a time and place to use slang. Sometimes individuals can use it in the wrong place and time. The thing is slang, is becoming more popular in today's society.
I don't agree with you Rebekah. Yes sland is becoming more prevelent in today's society, but your still not going to go to a job interview and say "what's up yo?"
slang is a positive thing as long as it's being used in the right way, and not calling people out of their name. It adds new words to our wocabulary, and not the same words over and over again. It's something new, and new things are always good.
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