Kansas City Suffers In Silence?!?

Actually . . .

We're not sure we buy reporting about vocabularies in danger if only because we don't notice anybody at a loss for words in this era of constant social media chatter.  

Then again . . .

As we move closer to election season . . . Most of the constant refrains start to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher . . . 

Still, we notice the warning about the death of language amid the rise of emojis and/or the realization that so much talking is typically wasted breath . . .  

"A new study from the University of Missouri-Kansas City reveals that people are actually speaking fewer words each day — and the loss is even greater among people under 25 years old. But engaging in small, everyday conversations can help strengthen connections and improve communication skills over time."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Are people talking less? Kansas City researcher finds we've lost 338 spoken words per day

Apropos low-key pop music reference just for closer readers . . .