Slang's Domination in Mainstream Conversation

There happens to be a parallel stream of literal English usage, called as Slang. For quite few years back, I have been noticing it to be prevalent in mainstream conversation as well. It's fashionably acceptable upto a certain extent as I believed in case of "wanna be", "gotta go" and so on....

However, I could not resist on initiating argument when I repeatedly get noticing usage like:"I ain't going nowhere", "I don't know nothing" and so on. Someone tried to convince me saying that it's used in verbal communication only, and as far as its objective is concerned, it fulfills the criteria to pass on the message in its own way. But it is not used in written ever. Similarly as we use "Hum" in Hindi for "I" in verbal communication, but we use "main" while writing. This example was an attempt to clarify that slang is used in verbal form only and there's no harm in it. I believe that the case is not similar as I have been noticing. I got to listen to such sentences in some documentaries and Hollywood movies that are based on literal scripts. In that case slang upto an extent of single word or proverb or phrase can be used. "I ain't going nowhere" or "I don't know nothing" kind of complete sentences should not have any place there. But these are used repeatedly. In literal dialogue, "I ain't going nowhere" stands as a double negative structure...meaning "I am going somewhere". But the context it is used in, reflects "I am not going anywhere" or "I am going nowhere". Same is the case with "I don't know nothing".. Context: "I don't know anything" or "I know nothing". Literal meaning: "I know something".

Here I would also like to share an interesting fact that, in case of above mentioned kind of expression, the structure we take as wrong one in English- is the correct and perfect structure in European languages. As in Portuguese, "Eu não sei nada" is used to say for "I know nothing" and if you interpret the same sentence literally into English it will be as " I don't know nothing".
(Eu=I, não=not, sei=know, nada=nothing)

Earlier I was convinced to accept the slang structure assuming that such sentences are used by those people whose primary language allows such structures. I got the support while watching "Scarface"*ing Al Pacino as Tony Montana. He used to use such structure throughout the movie and he was a migrated person there, having his primary language Spanish or something, not English.

Even, I had made an assumption that these kinds of structures have started coming up in bulk for only few years back say 4-5 years or post-2K only. However this assumption seems to be wrong as I noticed today while watching Michael Cristofer's "Body Shots" that was released in 1999. At the very beginning, there comes a quote from "Anonymous" on screen saying:"I'll go for a ride on your jelly roll. But I won't give you nothin' from my soul." WON'T GIVE YOU NOTHIN'.......the dialogue continues!

Another chilling day out...

Unlike regular timings, I decided to reach office early, so that could return back to meet someone at Ganga dhaba as planned last night through Gtalk. I believed that the foggy morning I faced, was a regular one and might have been prevailing during this period of chilling winter for past few days. So I stepped out well prepared for that. When I reached office, got to know that it was not a regular one. The mercury dipped drastically, as if it's also under the strong influence of ongoing recession . The day went on as expected and could meet the person as planned. Thereafter at around 7pm, moved away deep distance towards Poorvanchal residential area. It is a fact that around this area of the university, the mercury dips more 2-3 units down than normal Delhi temperature.

Meeting friends at NFC community center

There was some work pending...finished that up by 6 in the morning. Could get time to sleep after Fajar only. When I woke up, it was too late to have lunch, had some dates and food drink only. As it was a holiday for new year day, I wanted to utilize it in meeting some friends whom I was unable to see for quite few months. NFC community center was decided as the meeting point. As soon as I reached there, I rushed to Al-Bake as I was hungry. It had been long since I had Shwarma there. It is different to have the same in winter season than having that in summer. The seats near tandoor are more likable as compared to in summer days.... reason is pretty much clear! However the idea of gossiping while eating at that joint is not advisable, as the loud noise of cutting boiled chicken pieces on wooden base keeps you distracting. So, its better to have your dine finished up as soon as possible and have a corner at the nearby tea-joint for further talk. We did the same there. Intended to have dinner lately there only, but got a call from my uncle and had to move to meet him. Had dinner with him and could get relieved from there by 11pm. However the day time was not so cold as yesterday, yet by 11 pm, I believe it was same as yesterday. It was a tough time traveling those 12 kilometers in an auto to way back home. I enjoyed it....
You know...this new year is different in a way that both Julian and Hijri calendars got first dates one or two days apart. So while wishing someone you could mention simultaneous references to add double compliments.

Start blogging...Feliz Ano Novo!

Its 00:09 AM of the new year 2009!
There are lots of things coming in my mind...
How am I gonna plan my coming days and how will my career and studies go on.
Let's hope something positive....
I find myself used to thinking similar way for quite several years now. However, I have been able to carry along both my professional as well as academic lives successfully till date. The motivation of being attached to academic profile got strengthened by today's Orkut fortune "Education is the best provision for the journey to the old age.." I am not sure what does "Education" refer to here. What I got is that its being attached to something academic as I believe that Education is an unending process and it always needs to be rejuvenated in some forms of traditional or ongoing practices.