Blog Speak

My blogger dashboard tells me that I have 2 "followers." Sounds like I'm starting my own church. Either that, or I'm being stalked.

I get a kick out of the unique phrases that develop in association with specialized areas of our society. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints definitely have a unique set of terminology that can be confusing to non-members. Then, each "mission" within the church has it's own language--as any returned missionary can tell you. Groups of returned missionaries have even had whole discussions comparing and contrasting the different phrases unique to each mission. Having graduated with a degree in accounting, I know that the accounting profession has it's own language. I have had times when my husband has explained something related to his urban planning work where he has spouted whole sentences that are unintelligible to me. I have to tell him to go back and explain in lay-man's terms what he is talking about. This was also often the case when speaking with my dad about anything to do with computers.

So it is with blogging. I remember the first time I ever heard the word blog. I was thinking, "What in the world is "a blog?" I am still not an expert by any means, but I do know that the dictionary now has a new definition to add to the word "post." I wonder what words I will be using in ten years that don't even exist now? Languages are an interesting and evolving thing.