Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Further Discussion
Concepts from the textbook that I think needs further discussion are the concepts of Euphemism and Dysphemism. "Euphemism is a word or phrase that makes something sound better than a neutral description" and "dysohemism is a word or phrase that makes something sound worse than a neutral description" (Epstein 182). I feel that we use these two concepts more than we realize in life. Think about how many times when you are telling a story and something happened that you exaggerate it a little and use more dramatic words to make what happened seem more interesting or significant, that is using euphemism or dysphemism. Or when you are trying to convince something, it won't be so bad so you choose words that make it more or less of what it really is. When can see these concepts in our daily lives, our school lives, work lives and with our government, these concepts are always taking part in what we are doing or saying.
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I also chose to write about euphemism, but not so much dysphemism. I did not discuss how we do use both these concepts in everyday life, but now that you have mentioned it, I guess it really is true. We definitely use euphemism, but I think the better way of wording it would be “sugar coating.” When we do not feel like telling someone the exact truth, we try to change the way we word it a little so it does not sound as bad. I feel like it has become a habit for most of us. After all, we would hate to see people around us upset.
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