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Ken44 said:
That's nothin, I live in GA and have ta lisen to people talk tha way Ido.
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I have kin in Georgia, and I enter a different grammar when I speak with them.

Same goes for people in the small Alabama town where I grew up.

I like to say that I have three languages--English, Spanish, and Redneck. :p
 
Guyon said:
I have kin in Georgia, and I enter a different grammar when I speak with them.

Same goes for people in the small Alabama town where I grew up.

I like to say that I have three languages--English, Spanish, and Redneck. :p
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spend some time in hawaii with true pidgeon speakers.

talk about a butchering. i love it, but it always takes me a bit to get used to.
 
Guyon said:
I have kin in Georgia, and I enter a different grammar when I speak with them.

Same goes for people in the small Alabama town where I grew up.

I like to say that I have three languages--English, Spanish, and Redneck. :p
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I've always lived in GA, so I only speak the one:p
 
Ken44 said:
I've always lived in GA, so I only speak the one:p
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Yeah, and if you started talking like Peter O'Toole all of a sudden, folks might look at you funny and think you were a bit touched in the head. :D

Language is a beautiful thing in all its complexity. Trying to put it in a box is sort of like caging an eagle.
 
Guyon said:
I have kin in Georgia, and I enter a different grammar when I speak with them.

Same goes for people in the small Alabama town where I grew up.

I like to say that I have three languages--English, Spanish, and Redneck. :p
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I have a few smart friends. But two really come to mind when I think about command of English. One speaks five or six languages, he speaks three well enough to practice law in those countries, the other speaks maybe four languages one of which is Arabic and he has written 20 or more successful books.

Both of those guys can speak a range of English that will fit in with gang bangers to board rooms. I just like to listen to them mess around and change their speech… it really cracks me up.

Yes… I’m the dumb one that can just fix stuff.:p
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MORIMOTOM said:
spend some time in hawaii with true pidgeon speakers.

talk about a butchering. i love it, but it always takes me a bit to get used to.
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You might appreciate this term then: code-switching

Edited to add:

One of my favorite places in the US is south Louisiana, where you can still hear Creole French and English/Creole hybrids. It assaults your ears at first, but then it actually becomes quite lyrical after you get a feel for the rhythms.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
hate to burst your bubble, but irregardless is now considered a real word due to popular misuse. Still considered wrong, but it is in the dictionary.
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No bubble bursting. Such things often happen ("w00t" is now in the dictionary, too). It remains an ugly, awkward construction for which I mentally deduct points during meetings and interviews.

w00t!
 
You're doing a great job -- as always!

We can all be patient.

Not that I need to be. :cool: I already got my Amy-mail. :)
 
resinguy said:
A discussion of grammar...or lack thereof? Where's Rick? :p
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I was at work, wiseguy! As a semi-professional wordsmith (alternate Public Affairs Officer and frequent official letter writer for my department), much of what passes for conversation on these fora (BFC is hardly the worst offender) sets my teeth on edge. At this point, I am almost immune to the vagaries of there/their/they're and loose/lose, but it still makes me think (rightly or wrongly) that the writer is a moron. I will only make a point of correcting someone when I feel confident that they will take it in the spirit offered: A quick jab in the ribs that should make you laugh at yourself.


My personal favorite from my time in Pittsburgh is the so-called "broken infinitive":

The copier needs fixed.

I have no idea why they drop the "to be" from this structure, but they do it all the time.

Rick - Grammar and Spelling Gestapo
 
rbmcmjr said:
At this point, I am almost immune to the vagaries of there/their/they're and loose/lose, but it still makes me think (rightly or wrongly) that the writer is a moron.
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There's little connection between standardized usage and intelligence, unless of course you define intelligence in terms of standardized usage. :p
 
Guyon said:
There's little connection between standardized usage and intelligence, unless of course you define intelligence in terms of standardized usage. :p
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I'm just a science geek ... but I would NEVER make that horrible mistake! :eek:
 
Amy -o

You are the Grand Dame of Hoggettes!

Well it wasnt me with 50 emails. I was too drunk in the limo. I couldn't send one.

but my Proxy is the MAN!!

Top Secret

Die Hard Hog

Check out the Busse BB its hillarious.
 
Quoted from above...
"Don't email spammers get knocked out or down to last spot of the list?"

She said she's making a new list. My guess is you don't want to be on that list.

I know it is a lot of work, but I'm just glad that they're not done e-mailing (as I haven't gotten that most anticipated of post-ganza e-mails). I'm content to wait as long as there are e-mails to be sent.
 
hey rick we have our own language here...its called pittsburghese. and by the way your completely right saying we do that, but you forgot everything else we do thats gramatically incorrect. we even have our own wiki page called "pittsburgh english"
 
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