Blog 2

     Language is a tool in which people communicate, but what separates this tool from all the rest is its capability to evolve, change and adapt to the ever changing world. Through this changes, the slang was born as a supplement to the terms that our world would require. In order to understand the slang better, we must take into account that the English slang cannot stand on its own without the foundation of its formal descendant, giving them more similarities than differences. Take for example these two sentences: "Got to catch them all" and "Gotta catch 'em all." Which one would be more convenient to use? I believe the second one would be. But even if the slang makes the sentences shorter, fluid, fun and light. It still owes its respect to the classical way of saying and writing things. If we look close enough we could see that everything is the same. The slang is technically a modification of the classic, rigid, and formal way of saying and writing things. Convenient as it may seem, it still pose a big problem for the different users of the English language. The problem is that it would create a barrier between people of different age, race, and culture. For the modification applied to a certain slang wouldn't agree to all the other modifications that other people enforce. With so many differences and similarities between the two, one factor supersedes all of them. This factor is the personal preference of the speaker or writer. Ultimately, the English language offers a wide range of diversities and similarities so that the user could choose between these and modify the language to his own preference, even if a barrier would be created.