Are StreetEtiquette Literate?

[w.o.e.is.me.]

i concur.
this is trolling.
albeit artfully crafted.

 

[NotoriousMarquis]



It's extremely hard for me to imagine Michael Silverstein describing the "devolution of language," unless he were either a) tongue-in-cheek or b) voicing a particular language ideology. Key to his thought is the trichotomous unity of structure, practice, and ideology as they mutually effect each other historically. So language change, yes. Devolution? Probably not.

I think it was based on a citation from Cleanth brooks, who was really into the idea that language devolves but then evolves from that devolution. I read like 100 pages but then got lost in secondary texts, which will happen from time to time, lol, now that I realized two hours have passed but I've done none of my own work.

Thanks for the distraction though. I was going to go to the Pub with friends, but sometimes I really need to reassess what I do with my evenings.

 

[UrbanComposition]

You wrote lol (lol).

 

[mymil]

Wait, so did you read the essay on monoglot standard? If not, you missed out.

 

[emptym]

OP, they're obviously literate. But they make mistakes. By asking if they're "literate," you've made either a writing error as bad as they, or you've done something advertent that is much worse.