In The Beginnings

Hi, ya'll. This is my English 201 blog dedicated to our investigation into this thing, "hip." You'll notice I keep putting quotes around that word. I'll continue to do so until we nail down a good set of definitions.

But right now, it seems such a vague term that it deserves to be somehow set apart from any sentence in which it appears. We'll get there. Right?

If you take a look to the left, you'll see a list of blogs from this class. If your blog isn't up yet, that means I haven't yet received an email with your URL. Remember, emails are due at 5pm today. 

I really encourage everyone to click around the blogs once we get going. I was very impressed with the ideas and questions that came out of yesterday's discussion, and I suspect these blogs will be interesting reading. Some folks have already started to dig into this the blog assignment:

"Is it hip to blog?" asks funnymom:

Perhaps the answer to that question will be discovered within the next sixteen weeks. Stay tuned.

Tyler's already doing the science on slang:

No...no...I believe to be a Hipster is much more complex then the simple apparel we choose to throw on our feet, and backs, there has got to be more to it then that. To be a "hipster" one must also establish their own Slang Language. To be hip, it is essential to have words, and sayings that others outside the group simply do not understand, nor do they intend to try and grasp. In my group of "hipsters" we say words such as "hella" meaning "very" or "really". I'll use it in a sentence to bring more light to the word, because in reality Websters does not have that word in the dictionary, let alone a simple definition. "That backside feeble grind was Hella sick broski". To Literally translate what was just said in "skater lingo", I stated, " That grind you did on that handrail was very well executed my good friend". But if we were to state the obvious in such simple, and staight foward terms we would detract from our own identity, so we speak the way we know to speak. 

And then there's this:

Subject 1: Genisisiamaticalology

You don't know you want it yet, but it's coming...

I'll see you Tuesday. Happy blogging.