Author: Christopher

Dear Isabella Kerr,

I have read your opinion on modern day speaking within social media and agree with you on some aspects. However, before all the current words in the dictionary were created, people possibly saw them as ‘slang’ or not formal, so to treat new words in the dictionary as useless is to underestimate the words themselves. Moreover, to say there is no meaning behind these words is ignorant, as for the words to be used so often in the current generation they must have some sort of reason of use. You show this attitude by stating,”..the Oxford dictionaries are awarding these dismal words a degree of permanence that is both unrealistic and unnecessary”. I feel it’s unfair to judge the words just because a younger generation has created them. Moreover, you mention that the words have been given permanence and you seem to disagree; however, you lack a strong argument as to why these words should not exist.

Another statement you made was, “..things that are no longer ‘wicked’, they’re ‘sick’ and if someone does not appeal to you they’re not ‘fugly’, they’re ‘butters’.I believe you were digging yourself in a deeper hole here. As you are also, promoting slang by saying ‘wicked’ and ‘fugly’ should be used instead of other terms; these words themselves are slang dating back to the 1980’s. So, by saying this you are diging yourself into a deeper hole as within the 1980′ there may have been someone like you also, dis-agreeing on the types of slang being used. Moreover, in years to come new versions of slang are more than likely to come along that some may be against and give examples of ‘original’ slang which is used in the present day. You need to agree to dis-agree in this situation as your not going to win this non backed up argument.

The 21st century is clearly changing the world and you need to notice this. You yourself admit that your out of touch with youth culture, but slang and new words have been vital within works of literature dating back through the centuries. You claim that Shakespeare would be ‘turning in his grave’.However, in his plays he included a creation of 1700 words which were self made such as gnarled, rant, swagger, dwindle etc. These were new words made by Shakespeare if you was present would you have included these in the dictionary? You also say ‘if the only words we can create are unimaginative hybrids of pre-existing words, or worse, shortening of already perfectly good words, then what hope is there?’ Not only did Shakespeare make up words he also played with them in imaginative ways, shortening them, connecting ones that haven’t been used together before, and turning nouns into verbs and verbs into adjectives. You claim you ‘hate’ the shortening of words however, miss interpret that by using the word dismal.

The most hated Criminals in football:

Latest Barclay’s Premier League news. You can only enter if your teams involves 3 Black people, 3 Romanians, 3 Asians, 1 disabled gay man and one white English man being the goalie as a token player. That’s only if he signs the £35 a week contract due to it being an English league we do not want the game to revolve around English people as it may look racist to other ethnicities. Furthermore, no English players are allowed to take free-kicks or penalties as it is not fair on the other ethnicities, disabled people and others with different interests in sex. Latest kitchen news at Chelsea football club. The chef has been sacked as he made chicken and chips for dinner which has been seen as a racial abuse towards the black members of the club, he will be going to court next month looking at a good few years in a high security prison due to he’s dangerous recipes. Latest training news at Liverpool football club. The disabled player with no legs was offered to work on the upper body meanwhile, the rest of the team does leg work, however the trainer has been sacked due to under estimating a less able person just because he had no legs. Latest training news at Tottenham Hotspur football club. The two 6 ft 5, 20 stone, gay players have made a complaint due to the coaches putting them in defence were the most contact occurs they believe its just because they interest in sex and it is homophobic. The police have got involved and stated, ” The homophobic coach will be locked up with the racist chef for as long as possible”. Latest news Arsenal football club. The white player has been told to have spray tans weekly as in team photos they don’t want the one white goalie to stand out as, just because its an English team in an English league that English players have to stand out. Unfortunately, arsenal are now on a lookout for a goalie as he was released due to refusing to have a spray tan. Lastly, England are not allowed to win any more competitions as it is unfair on other nationalities that have never won. Due to a friendly between Nigeria and England last week, it has been seen as racist that Nigeria couldn’t score regardless of England having the best defence in the world and the Nigerian strikers were blind, the English defence has all been prosecuted for not letting them score.

The world nowadays feels almost as if you have to be black, lesbian and Jewish. I as a white straight atheist male sometimes feel like I’m in the minority when in fact I am in the majority. Believing that a certain race or sexuality has to always be involved in any area of public life is racist and sexist, and an example of this is the Oscars Academy Awards. An actor named Charlotte Rampling rebelled against ‘#OscarsGoWhite’ by saying “Its racist to white people”, this is a perfect example of what i am trying to interpret as the fact that people believe that no black actors was nominated when in-fact black people may be a minority within the film industry and the ones that are just was unfortunately not good enough to make it through to the final nominees. Moreover, i believe if anything involves too much of the majority such as white people, straight people and Christians it is so called racist and against all other race’s, ethnic backgrounds,  interest in sexuality.

Its about to go down. The Spartans are warming up and the arena is filling up. The opposition are warming up while suffering the verbal abuse from spectators. They do not have enough fans to take over the raging roar of the home crowd. The essence of the burger vans overpower the atmosphere as meaty burgers flip on the grill. Greasy chips cook in the fat. Once cooked being covered in salt and ketchup to fill up the hungry bellys of the fans as they are about to face a long tense 90 minutes of blood, sweat and tears.The turnstiles are spinning, ‘click,click,click’, as more and more reckless bodies pile through. The roar is getting louder. The atmosphere is becoming more intense by the second, the bookmakers are taking in large amounts of money, as well as the bar due to beers after beers being bought. The gladiators are going into the changing rooms showing no emotion what so ever. As they need to get ready for the hour and a half of broken bones, abusive chants from the 60,000 spectators attending and hopefully not as much blood shown as last time out. The boys in blue are on standby  as lots of violence is for certain to occur when the opposing fans approach the North Londoners. This is no ordinary game of football this is West London vs North London, winners vs runners up, history vs the future, red vs blue, this is it. As the players walk out the atmosphere goes from average to breathtaking and so the chants begin. The nervous blood running through the veins of 22 pocket filled soldiers on the pitch. Everyone’s in position the unfortunate referee checks his watch, 3 pm it is and we are under way.

The shocking scenes of last nights catastrophe is over, there is no one to be seen its so silent. Just sixty-thousand seats and 26 turnstiles. The rain must of turned red over night, the brutal winds must of swept everyone away and the vicious warriors have left no afters for the next opposing team.Such a huge venue yet you could probably hear a pin drop when suddenly, they come marching out to their truck “left right, left right” they shout, the ground is shaking but, is it an earthquake? NO! Its the 11 soldiers coming out on top with not a scratch on their face. Furthermore, here comes the other group not looking as strong as the first. Bandages around their craniums, scars on their chest and 5-6 of them getting a free ride home in the ambulance. The grills are still greasy however the vans are closed. Besides, they deserve the day off as they took in a fortune last night. As well as the bar maids and men as they had an extremely busy night drinks after drinks being pulled at the bar due to the high spirits of some very fired up fans not to mention the old bill releasing some unfortunate, angry, drunk and dis-orderly West London chaps with a very long journey home ahead of them and that will probably include some paracetamol to get rid of the repetitive banging in their head. The bookmakers are re-opening for the later Sunday games as they need to earn back what they gave out last night. Its quite in North London,  with a positive mood, meaning that the previous night has decided that London is RED.

Scene 1:The King and Queen enter with Rosencrantz, Guildenstern,Polonius, Ophelia, and members of the court. Claudius questions Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Hamlets behaviour. They both answer saying that Hamlet is crafty with disguising his motivations however, seems happy about the play. They are then told to encourage him and leave the court.

Scene 2:Hamlet meets with the actors and instructs them as to the nature of proper acting. He tells them not to overact, and not to use large gestures. He wishes them to be honest; he asks them to mirror nature, to be entirely realistic in their portrayals. Polonius enters and announces the arrival of the King and Queen to hear the play.

While the court assembles for the performance, Hamlet explains to Horatio how the play will help prove the Ghost’s honesty and reveal Claudius’ perfidy. He asks Horatio to watch the King and note his reaction to a specific speech in Murder of Gonzaga.

Scene 3:

Fearing that Hamlet is a threat to his life and throne, the King summons Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and instructs them to hurry and take Hamlet to England. The men agree, acknowledging that any threat to Claudius is a threat to the people of Denmark, so they will keep Denmark safe by removing Hamlet from its shores. They leave, and Polonius enters to inform the King that Hamlet is on his way to Gertrude and that Polonius plans to hide there and eavesdrop on the conversation. Promising to report back to Claudius before Claudius retires to bed, Polonius leaves.

Claudius then prays at his private altar, although he says his sin is so great that it renders him incapable of praying. He admits before God that he has committed the “primal eldest curse” by carrying out his “brother’s murder.”

Scene 4: As promised, Polonius arrives in Gertrude’s room before Hamlet and hides himself behind an arras. He instructs Gertrude to be entirely blunt with her son. Hamlet enters challenging, “Now, Mother, what’s the matter?” Gertrude tells him he has badly offended his father, meaning Claudius; Hamlet answers that she has badly offended his father, meaning King Hamlet. Hamlet intimidates Gertrude, and she cries out that he is trying to murder her. Polonius reacts from behind the curtain and yells for help. Hamlet draws his sword and thrusts it through the tapestry, killing Polonius. When Hamlet lifts the wallhanging and discovers Polonius’ body, he tells the body that he had believed he was stabbing the King. He then turns his attention to punishing Gertrude. He presses contrasting pictures of Claudius and his brother in Gertrude’s face. He points out King Hamlet’s godlike countenance and courage, likening Claudius to an infection in King Hamlet’s ear. He accuses Gertrude of lustfulness, and she begs him to leave her alone.