Shh

[VThillman]

Too bad for me.

 

[phideaux]

Hmmm , action speaks louder than words .

I see so much .

Jim

 

[LadyLocust]

Hubby and I were just talking last night. People explode because they don't have the words to say how they feel. When was the last time you heard the word "delightful" or "perplexing"? Those aren't difficult words. Children are learning from the TV which typically has a vocab. of about 3000 words. Not long ago, the average words used per day by a HS grad. was about 8000 words. Okay, I'll stop.

 

[Supervisor42]

Hubby and I were just talking last night. People explode because they don't have the words to say how they feel. When was the last time you heard the word "delightful" or "perplexing"? Those aren't difficult words. Children are learning from the TV which typically has a vocab. of about 3000 words. Not long ago, the average words used per day by a HS grad. was about 8000 words. Okay, I'll stop.

It is astounding the lack of words the younger generations have, plus more.
When they talk, every other word has to be "F" or the word 'like'.
But it gets worse. I was in the store just today and two fire-department/EMT guys were in the dairy section looking at a container of something.
One asked: "How many fluid ounces are in a quart?"
Neither of them knew, so they called the store-guy over, he didn't know either.
I piped up: "There are 32 fluid ounces in a quart".
The 3 of them stared at me like I was Einstein since I wasn't holding a phone when I said that.
As I walked away, I mumbled: "...yes, I passed the 6th grade".
This is the world we live in today.
Choose your words wisely, or half of the people won't know what you are saying.

 

[Amish Heart]

Just call everyone Dude and you'll fit in to this generation. As in, "There was this dude...."
We are working on the twins, when they blow money on something overpriced, and asking them how many hours of work it took to buy that.
For instance, granddaughter loves the expensive shoe brand, "Hey Dude" about $65 a pair. She has a number of pairs, wears them for a few months, then they become outdoor work shoes. What a waste. She makes $8.50 an hr.

 

[LadyLocust]

It is astounding the lack of words the younger generations have, plus more.
When they talk, every other word has to be "F" or the word 'like'.
But it gets worse. I was in the store just today and two fire-department/EMT guys were in the dairy section look at a container of something.
One asked: "How many fluid ounces are in a quart?"
Neither of them knew, so they called the store-guy over, he didn't know either.
I piped up: "There are 32 fluid ounces in a quart".
The 3 of them stared at me like I was Einstein since I wasn't holding a phone when I said that.
As I walked away, I mumbled: "...yes, I passed the 6th grade".
This is the world we live in today.
Choose your words wisely, or half of the people won't know what you are saying.

2nd generation stupid.

 

[kenv1950]

“Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.”

 

[VThillman]

2nd generation stupid.

Not 'stupid' as in 'unintelligent', usually. I'd label it willingly ignorant.

It is astounding the lack of words the younger generations have, plus more.
When they talk, every other word has to be "F" or the word 'like'.
But it gets worse. I was in the store just today and two fire-department/EMT guys were in the dairy section looking at a container of something.
One asked: "How many fluid ounces are in a quart?"
Neither of them knew, so they called the store-guy over, he didn't know either.
I piped up: "There are 32 fluid ounces in a quart".
The 3 of them stared at me like I was Einstein since I wasn't holding a phone when I said that.
As I walked away, I mumbled: "...yes, I passed the 6th grade".
This is the world we live in today.
Choose your words wisely, or half of the people won't know what you are saying.

Sometimes I have to go back to "a pint is 16 ounces" and go from there. (I worked in England a couple months back in the day, where a pint was 20 ounces, but that just meant that a pint of ale was a little more nourishing.)

 

[Supervisor42]

Not 'stupid' as in 'unintelligent', usually. I'd label it willingly ignorant.

Ignorant is the correct term, meaning 'lacking in knowledge or training'.
Like when I say: "I am completely ignorant about how to raise mums".
The first two refer to people that are incapable of learning.

 

[VThillman]

Ignorant is the correct term, meaning 'lacking in knowledge or training'.
Like when I say: "I am completely ignorant about how to raise mums".
The first two refer to people that are incapable of learning.

Even if they 'try harder'?

 

[Supervisor42]

Even if they 'try harder'?

If they are unintelligent/stupid, you cannot teach them the word 'inconsequential' no matter how hard they try to learn it.

 

[viking]

Ignorant is the correct term, meaning 'lacking in knowledge or training'.
Like when I say: "I am completely ignorant about how to raise mums".
The first two refer to people that are incapable of learning.

It's amazing to run across this abject ignorance, my wife and I were in Wallyworld a few weeks ago looking for a list of things she needs for her hip operation and she handed two employees a list she had written in longhand and the guy, who looked to be in his early 20's said, "I can't read that.", by the way, my wife's longhand is outstanding, a guy that can't read anything but printed words, brainless is all I can say, what kind of education is being given out in the money sucking schools of today?

 

[VThillman]

If they are unintelligent/stupid, you cannot teach them the word 'inconsequential' no matter how hard they try to learn it.

I have no trouble with the meaning, but that last 'i' ain't in the way I pronounce it.
Hmm . . . y'know, that's a kind of tricky word anyway, just setting there by itself. If you try breaking it down, 'consequence' changes 'sequence' quite a lot . . . Uh-oh; I may never use that word again. How did I get 'doesn't matter much' out of it?

 

[VThillman]

It's amazing to run across this abject ignorance, my wife and I were in Wallyworld a few weeks ago looking for a list of things she needs for her hip operation and she handed two employees a list she had written in longhand and the guy, who looked to be in his early 20's said, "I can't read that.", by the way, my wife's longhand is outstanding, a guy that can't read anything but printed words, brainless is all I can say, what kind of education is being given out in the money sucking schools of today?

I know a fair number of folks who can't write 'longhand', never struck me that they might not be able to read it either. I learned longhand of course, being a geezer, but . . . discovered I couldn't use it for taking notes in high-school biology lab, because I couldn't read my notes. Printing worked better. Nowadays I only use longhand for my signature. Ahem: I have been complimented on the quality of my signature.

 

[Supervisor42]

I have no trouble with the meaning, but that last 'i' ain't in the way I pronounce it.
Hmm . . . y'know, that's a kind of tricky word anyway, just setting there by itself. If you try breaking it down, 'consequence' changes 'sequence' quite a lot . . . Uh-oh; I may never use that word again. How did I get 'doesn't matter much' out of it?

You got my embedded pun!

It's amazing to run across this abject ignorance, my wife and I were in Wallyworld a few weeks ago looking for a list of things she needs for her hip operation and she handed two employees a list she had written in longhand and the guy, who looked to be in his early 20's said, "I can't read that.", by the way, my wife's longhand is outstanding, a guy that can't read anything but printed words, brainless is all I can say, what kind of education is being given out in the money sucking schools of today?

It's sad.
And you wonder, 'what tha-heck is up there in their brain'?
Then when they understand more than half what some guy is saying in spanish, you feel, well, ignorant.

 

[havasu]

Some of the comments in here are "dope!"

 

[Neb]

I know a fair number of folks who can't write 'longhand', never struck me that they might not be able to read it either. I learned longhand of course, being a geezer, but . . . discovered I couldn't use it for taking notes in high-school biology lab, because I couldn't read my notes. Printing worked better. Nowadays I only use longhand for my signature. Ahem: I have been complimented on the quality of my signature.

Quit the contrary for me.

1
I had a guard look at my signature as I was signing in to a steel mill and pushed the log book back at at me and said ...

Sign that right

I complied but then had deal with refusing to sign a hold harmless clause (if they drop a roll of steel on me, the should sue). Meanwhile production is impacted waiting for me.

2
My buddy at the beer store calls it a doctor signature and just signs the receipts for me to save time.

3
My signature still contains the major features of my name and evolved when I was in the Navy. I had to sign every entry in log books documenting every procedure.... My full signature has 37 characters and counting space... 41 . It got simplified into a swoosh.

Ben

 

[Neb]

I know a fair number of folks who can't write 'longhand', never struck me that they might not be able to read it either. I learned longhand of course, being a geezer, but . . . discovered I couldn't use it for taking notes in high-school biology lab, because I couldn't read my notes. Printing worked better. Nowadays I only use longhand for my signature. Ahem: I have been complimented on the quality of my signature.

Same here.

My father encouraged me studying mechanical drawing and using block print.

It is legible to me and others.

Ben

 

[Bacpacker]

I print everything, taking notes in particular. If not I can't read it. It's bad enough when printed. I can't even make it much better when going very slowly. Cursive is really unreadable. My teachers in school always told me I should be a Dr. I already had the handwriting for it.

 

[Supervisor42]

I print everything, taking notes in particular. If not I can't read it. It's bad enough when printed. I can't even make it much better when going very slowly. Cursive is really unreadable. My teachers in school always told me I should be a Dr. I already had the handwriting for it.

I confess, I did too. You add in ET (essential tremors) years ago, and it became a lost-cause for me to write cursive.
I can still read The Bill Of Rights just fine, no problem!

 

[phideaux]

I'm just glad I can't read or hear words.

Jim

 

[Peanut]

ran across this the other day, fits, especially the ignorant. Sounds like something my grandpa would say. Heck, he didn't even like rice.

 

[Weedygarden]

Words? I have thought about starting a thread about fun words to use.

There is a wealthy school district in my area and they mostly had children arriving in kindergarten with a spoken vocabulary of 10,000 words for many years. The demographics began changing and they started having children arrive in kindergarten with a spoke vocabulary of around 3,000 words. What a difference. How could they fix that? They can work on vocabulary, but much of this comes from home. Children in the lunchroom have no idea of the names of the foods they eat, and many more things. I remember that one of the questions on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills was about what you call something that you drink--beverage. Words can be boring, if we choose for them to be, or they can be fun, if we choose so. There are parents who do not talk with their children, they talk at them. They do not want a response, and some become irritated if there is one.

 

[Amish Heart]

That is something we really worked on at our school. We took in private paying students, but had about 1/5 of our students coming in with a partial state (welfare) tuition payment. And also something I noticed when the twins came to live with us at almost ten years of age. Everytime husband and I spoke, they would look confused over what we were saying. So we made a deal that everytime I used a word that they didn't understand, raise a finger and stop me and I'd explain the word and we'd move onl It didn't help that by that age, they were both only reading end of 2nd grade level. We worked hard all that summer, every single day. They are great readers with a very good speaking vocab now. I swear, they hated me that summer. Mention the book, "The Little Princess" to granddaughter and she will laugh now. Wasn't so 6 years ago. Little granddaughter, though, is going to the upper classes to work on reading and language in school. She is in 5th grade, but reading is tested up to HS level for her.

 

[herbalnewbie]

It's amazing to run across this abject ignorance, my wife and I were in Wallyworld a few weeks ago looking for a list of things she needs for her hip operation and she handed two employees a list she had written in longhand and the guy, who looked to be in his early 20's said, "I can't read that.", by the way, my wife's longhand is outstanding, a guy that can't read anything but printed words, brainless is all I can say, what kind of education is being given out in the money sucking schools of today?

I'm pretty sure, at least in this area, cursive was not being taught at all in public schools for a while. It is back on the curriculum now and thankfully my 29 year old was taught cursive and my 10 year old is being taught cursive, but it was off the table for one, two, three years, I don't remember.
I remember a friend of mine saying her kid couldn't read the Walgreen's sign because it was in cursive and she wasn't taught how to write in cursive.

 

[zoomzoom]

OK, I understand and agree with 98% of what's been posted in this thread.
This one though has me scratching my head.

my wife and I were in Wallyworld a few weeks ago looking for a list of things she needs for her hip operation

I've had a hip replaced but I'm not familiar with the isle you go to in Wal-Mart to get either a list or the actual things you need for a hip operation. I thought some more advanced medical supply companies provided the items needed for surgery.

 

[VThillman]

OK, I understand and agree with 98% of what's been posted in this thread.
This one though has me scratching my head.

I've had a hip replaced but I'm not familiar with the isle you go to in Wal-Mart to get either a list or the actual things you need for a hip operation. I thought some more advanced medical supply companies provided the items needed for surgery.

Do-it-yourself surgery is challenging I bet - if it's a hip replacement.