51: Why don’t I bark?

I don’t bark.

I can bark ... but when you have a vocabulary of 8-10,000 words (as I have) and a repertoire of about 8 sounds (barks and whines together), there seems little point in trying to express oneself using only sounds from that limited repertoire.

Also, I now have this blog where I can express myself fully with properly constructed and grammatical sentences.

In fact I often feel I can express myself more articulately than many human beans. They (beans) tend to sink to the lowest common denominator, to fashionable (specially American) slang and to repeating the last expression they heard. 

A few examples ....

2020 saw unprecedented use of the word “unprecedented”. (In addtion to the ‘catchphrase’, “You’re on mute”).

That food was the pengest munch. (Peng meaning ‘good’ but I guess you all know that).

Roger Federer is the GOAT. (Greatest of all time.)

and one of my ‘favourites’ (in that it annoys me greatly) ...

When interviewees on TV are asked a question, they start their reply with “So”.

“What do you do in your spare time?”

“So, I like to go to the cinema, play tennis and eat pickles.”

Well, having listed those crimes against communication, perhaps I’ll start barking.  It will make just as much sense.