Year 2500 Diction
Diction
2500:
106: Hey, what plans are for the P.M.?
224: IDK, I have the groc to go to first, then like we’re all going to UV
106: why the groc?
224: ugh, my ma is like makin’ me get some broc, and I might get a sando.
106: veg?! Who eats green?!
224: it’s apparently healthy for you
106: anyways, 352 want us to keep UV on the dolo
224: why? Everyone like already knows.
106: Cheese and rice!
224: well, it’s SEP
106: it’s gonna hulk out!
224: reason?
106: ‘cause he doesn’t want 609 and 517 to come
224: oh, 609 told me he was like going to go to Venus. He left to catch the SS today
106: what about 517?
224: IDK, but 352 is right, IDW an odd to come.
2008:
Max: Hey, what are the plans for tonight?
Harry: I don’t know. I have to go to the grocery store first, and then we’re all going to University Mall
Max: Why do you have to go to the grocery store?
Harry: Ugh, because my mom is making me buy broccoli, and I might get a sandwich
Max: Vegetables?! Who eats vegetables?
Harry: It’s apparently healthy for you
Max: anyways, Joe doesn’t want others to know that we’re going to hang out at UV. He wants it on the down low (a secret).
Harry: why? Everyone already knows.
Max: Jesus Christ!
Harry: well, it’s someone else’s problem
Max: he’s going be so mad!
Harry: Why?
Max: Because he doesn’t want Tim or Frank to come
Harry: Oh, Tim said he was going to Venus. He left to catch the starship today.
Max: What about Frank?
Harry: I don’t know, but Joe is right, I don’t want Frank to come.
The language in the year 2500 will be different from the year 2008. In the dialogue I created, I put a lot of abbreviations and slang. Some of the abbreviations are still seen today. I believe more and more people will start to use abbreviations verbally because we are too lazy to say the whole word out. I also believe that in the year 2500, names would not exist. Just like in Brave New World we will have castes. The odd numbers and the even numbers dislike...
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