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

bill1255 wrote:
> "the q is silent" <james.c.wagner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1136397572.930336.173190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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.
> >
>
> Speaking of piss-poor, that analogy falls in that category. I won't explain,
> because you're a friggin genius and you can figure it out.
>
> > And a healthy eye roll for all you "How can you talk about grammar at a
> > time like this?" folks.
> >
> eff you too, poindexter

That's not an analogy. Tip of the hat to you too, though, Bill.

-Jyqm

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