Thursday 21 November 2013

English our borrowed but comfortable language

Once upon a time there was a country and in that country lived many families and in those families lived a common friend,all these friends that lived with different families all came from one family,confusing I know let me simplify it family A had a friend as a matter of they owned the friend his name was MR D though MR D had many nicknames but All the MR Ds all had the same father and the same mother MR And MRS E ! 
MR D was a member of every household and a friend of every member of every household, until something called MR T came and stripped MR D into different parts and made him perform so many functions but lost the essence of having him as a friend in every home,now the side effect of not having a dictionary (a hard copy ) at home is that every English word now has a funky spelling ,people who are even educated mix up thier tenses,there is a lot more but we will just stick to those two fore now.
The kids, younger generations have to rely  on their teachers who apparently are the only ones that keep a hard copy and a soft one handy in order to be able to impact knowledge into the families and generations of all the past and present friends and owners of all the different forms of MR D (dictionary) .
MR T ( technology ) is a nice guy but Mr and mrs E ( English ) would be more appreciated and relevant if every family still had a hard copy of thier son MR D.
Because the truth is that without electricity Mr T can't perform and use all the different parts of MR D to the fullest ,but when a hard copy of MR D is lying around it becomes a handy companion electricity or not one can always just flip the pages and learn something new.
Keep a dictionary at home or on your desk or some where handy always ,in a bid to be up to date lets not loose the true essence of it all ,some old norms make families bond and brings about a common tie. 
Just as Nigerians haven't given up our Football for American football lets not let give up everything and in the end have nothing. 

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