Fry's View On Language

I find Fry’s view on language quite refreshing, and I completely agree with him, but for a different reason. I think for progression to take place in any aspect of humanity, a little leeway needs to be present. People will be more likely to experiment and grow if they are placed in an environment that allows for it. I truly admire an educated individual who does not turn their nose in disgust at material that is not to their intellectual standard. Language is a very fluid tool and we all use it differently, much in the same way that there is truly no wrong way to hold a paintbrush. The goal in the end is the same, and that is to communicate. What I am pulling from this is that a fixation with preserving tradition and not allowing words to adapt and revolutionize is incredibly myopic. …show more content…
Furthermore, just like we talked about in class: how can we truly judge a thought based on the way it is conveyed? What may sound like broken English to me may be coming from a genius who has a hard time conveying their ideas. We evaluate shared thoughts based more on the quality of the method for which they are conveyed more than the actual ideas themselves. In my opinion that is completely backwards, who cares if an essay is printed on resume paper if it is complete crap. Language is just one drop in the ocean of methods to convey messages. However, it can be argued than language is one of the most effective methods to do so. Fry’s message did not actually change how I thought about language. I already evolved into this thought process after the class