Hast thou e’er been irritated whilst a comrade spaketh in o’erbearing tongues that soared right over thine pate?
Ahem! Sorry about that. Like I was saying, have you ever been annoyed to hear your friend speak in language that was far too formal for the setting? Infuriating, isn’t it? You’re at a nice party, just trying to enjoy yourself, and this maniac is trying to use an entire roll’s worth of word-of-day toilet paper in one sentence just so he can seem more cultured. What nerve the rapscallion possesseth!
Especially in Western culture, we have a tendency towards casualness. An increasing amount of offices are adopting much less formal dress codes. In air travel, we’ve gone from suits and dresses to jeans and t-shirts—and even pajamas depending on the flight. For better or worse, unless we’re going to an event that is specifically designated as formal (weddings, funerals, church, etc.), we just can’t be bothered to put on a tie anymore.
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