Whyfor dost thou “dis”?
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006Yet another of Life’s Great Language Mysteries was solved, and by a Ten Year Old.
Following the advice dispensed that “you shouldn’t dis people just because they’re different”, peals of laugher broke out - “OOOOh, mum thinks she’s cool just because she said ‘dis’!!!”
Response? “Well, in My Day we knew how to say the whole word. ‘Disrespect’. Not just ‘dis’. I wonder why kids can’t say a whole word? Or even a whole sentence?”
Explanation? “It’s because of cheapskateness. People just download the demo version, not the whole language.”
So now we know …
