Pygmalion threw me off slightly when I started reading it. Everything I have read up to date in this class have been very old writings that are pretty hard for me to understand. Reading this more up to date play was pretty refreshing. It is very easy to understand and is fairly humorous like the part where Higgins and Pickering meet. Pickering gets all excited to see him and Higgins is just like “Come and see me tomorrow.” The only problem I have with this play as of yet, is that I don’t really see a purpose for it. I’m sure it will develop later in the poem however.
I thought the preface to Pygmalion was very interesting as well. Shaw talk about how the English have no respect for their language and I think this relates to our society today. We are always looking to shorten words to make it easier for us to learn and comprehend. When we are not writing formally, we use things like lol, wbu, and tons of other little abbreviations to save time. I know I use them too, but a lot of the time I spell them out so I do not get into the habit of writing like that.
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