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Saturday, May 08, 2004

1 out of 26 are discriminated against

Have you ever noticed that "g" has suddenly become a socially taboo letter to say? Everybody who's anybody drops the "g" at the end of words.

Example:
Going = goin' (or in some circles "gonna")
Talking = talkin'
Smoking = smokin'

And so on. It's just not cool to say "g" anymore, unless of course it is in the context of "Whatup G?" But that's a whole different topic. I mean if someone said to you "We are going to be chilling at Andi's house while waiting for Tamara." You would either look at them and think they are either: a. socially inept and have no clue how to speak. b. english c. homeschooled or d. you may just skip all of those and let you brain filter out the nonsense and allow you to hear "We're gonna go chill at Andi's while waitin for Tamara."

Well I for one am tired of "g" getting dropped. There are 26 words in the alphabet, why pick on "g"? Why does "g" bear the brunt of our linguistic discrimination. Why not just leave "e" out of things? Why does it get to be the most used letter? We should take pride in our "g's" and speak them with clarity.

All those who are with me in this fight for our letter "g" stand strong! Speak your "g's" with force and dignity. And lav "e" out of vrything.

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