Why is modern speech so mundane and lacking in character? People a century or two ago seemed more comfortable with using stronger, more descriptive words, flowery speech, a confident authoritative tone. We on the other hand seem to be perpetually self-conscious, meek, uncertain, reserved and simple in the way we speak and write. Not just everyday people, but writers as well. Is it simple anti-intellectualism taking hold, or is there another reason?
Am I insane or is that haiku actually kino
>>25290079>flowery speechraging homo
>People a century or two ago seemed more comfortable with using stronger, more descriptive words, flowery speech, a confident authoritative tone.You only have access to things that were specifically written down for posterity, not transcriptions of everyday conversation. I will say though that letters from the nineteenth century (even from non-literary figures) seem to have a lot more literary flair than letters today
>>25290079Anti-intellectualism runs rampant, speaking like a white person is viewed as cringe
>>25290089No, it's quite clever.
I fear the day I run out of classics and literature from over a century ago to read, but thankfully that won't be for some time. Holy shit though, maybe I just have bad luck when it comes to picking out modern day fiction, but too many books written these days feel like a chore to read.
>>25290079GBS explains it
>>25290079in all seriousness, this is hemingway's legacy
>>25290079Read beyond English/Anglo literature. There's still a lot of good European literature out there
>>25290095>You only have access to things that were specifically written down for posterityso compare the phonograph recordings that exist of the speeches that people used to make, even in 2008 when frank marshal davis jr aka barry soetoro told americans about original sin and sin and redemption and hope in his speech about race
>>25290331tbf it's a bit funnier than hemmingway
