Re: NBC - Americans who can't speak English properly

Evolution wrote:
> I'm sure they do know "proper" English, but just like people in NY say
> "dis" and "dem" and have a very strange accent, you learn a local
> dialect or accent and most people, when speaking, remain with that
> accent/dialect the rest of their lives. Someone from England who lives
> in the US for 50 years, will still speak their own dialect (and in
> England, there are many, many variations of the "Queen's English").

"No, he strictly told us they was alive. Three hours later he come back
and said they wasn't." That's not a dialect, that's just bad grammar.

I'm with you on this, David, the piss-poor grasp of the English
language that so many Americans have is ridiculous. Especially when
you've also got so many Americans who put down immigrants for
supposedly refusing to learn the language of their new home country.

And a healthy eye roll for all you "How can you talk about grammar at a
time like this?" folks.

-Jyqm

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