I must say I think Apple are at least partly to blame, or perhaps the electronic media in general. Itunes and your ipod refer to all pieces of music as “songs.” Back in the day, I always referred to pieces on albums as “tracks.” I am equally irked by people who obviously have been polluted […]
Written on Saturday, July 19th, 2008 by hobertsutton :: 0 comments to this post
I must say I think Apple are at least partly to blame, or perhaps the electronic media in general. Itunes and your ipod refer to all pieces of music as “songs.” Back in the day, I always referred to pieces on albums as “tracks.” I am equally irked by people who obviously have been polluted by this socialogical trend to misuse the language. As an Englishman in America, abuse of the mother tongue is something I have had to put up with. The use of the title “songs without words” is acceptable with the assumption of poetic license. It is purely a title and does not suggest that the pieces are really songs, rather particularly expressive pieces.
People tend to lapse into these bad habits unless they are corrected, so good for you to continue to point it out. YA is all about educating people and part of that is getting people to expand their vocabularies and use the language better which is really to their own advantage.
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