A tell-tale sign that our culture is on the path to completely turning away from reading written words in exchange for only ever listening to word via the audio outputs of devices like radio, television, and the internet is how frequently I see things typed online that don’t initially make sense until they are examined phonetically, and then substituted for the intended phrase that sounds similar.
For example, I just read about someone who is “buying his time.” (The conversation was about waiting for a pizza delivery, not about paying a prostitute.)
This is sad, indie.
