Condemnation Of Bad Taste!

The above eye sore is an advertisement placed on the back of a bus which roams the roads of Male’. While there is no law against it, we must find a way to stop these tasteless massacre of any language, not only because it is The Queen's mother tongue!

Why do we love music, poetry, beautiful architecture, art, sports, the beach or the woods? Why do we love colours,delicious food, our loved ones, fashion, a good film and snuggle with a good book and get cozy? It must be  the pleasure of these. Some we hear while some may be music to our eyes!"Eye candy" as my linguist friend so eloquently says! A shooting star, a lunar eclipse, a comet and for those in the extreme north and south, the Aurora Borealis and the Aurora Australis are natural phenomena of immense beauty. Some of these miracles are just fleeting while others stay with us for a longer time. A waterfall or a pod of dolphins or any animal with its young fills our hearts with awe!

The opposite is also true; most of us hate chaos, loud noise and irrationality. We condone violence, war and destruction and bad taste. One of the cheapest and affordable pleasures that is within our reach is certainly the beauty of language. We do not need expensive gadgets or high tech wizardry to speak politely and correctly! The spoken word may not linger in the air too long, but just before it disappears into thin air it will touch many sensitive hearts in a very positive way or, God forbid in a very harmful manner!

Language is not only used to barely understand what is conveyed to another, if that were so hand gestures would not evolve into this highly organized form we call language!   Language is one of the foremost tools and signs of the intelligent breed of mammals we proudly call humans. We all talk and many write, but not all are orators and not all who pen a letter or a note are authors. But all of us can improve our writing skills, our vocabulary and our speaking and conversational skills.

We cover the undesirable and promote beauty because we can very easily get used to what is around us. So what do you want to be around you, beauty or filth?

Thank You!