Final Blog

Apologies; I completely forgot to do this on time. I'm not sure whether it still counts or not, but I felt I should finish out the quarter's blogs with one last one :-)

This quarter has gone by very fast, and I can't believe this class is over already. I have definitely noticed some linguistic changes in myself and others -- sketch, sketchy, creep, and creeper have become regular parts of people's vocabularies to describe shifty/shady people or things. The connotations are slightly different though: sketch seems to describe someone who's actually creepy, while creeper describes someone who's more of a stalker, ironically enough. Also, the phrase "epic fail" is thrown about frequently whenever something stupid or unexpected occurs that probably should not have... tripping down the stairs on the way to dinner is an "epic fail," which I believe comes from the terminology in some game.

Pronunciation hasn't changed as much, as far as I can tell, but I bet that will take longer. I do know that I notice linguistic issues more, including the variations in the way people say things. I always had noticed them, I guess, but I now pay attention to them and can sometimes figure out what is happening -- "that 'e' was said more in the front."
I'm definitely glad I took the class, and although not next quarter, I look forward to taking other linguistics classes in the future.

Thanks everyone (especially Meghan)!