Originally posted by BowmannI seriously doubt that anybody from Aberdeen university will aknowledge that what I wrote was "Scottish".
Yes, but Scottish is an official language. It's universally recognized.
Proper grammar can be important. But it's not so important if the message, as it is, reaches the receiver without any static.
Language is a method, not a goal.
Originally posted by shavixmirAs an aside, Bukowski never needed punctuation or grammar to write his odes to streakmarks or tales of drunken womanising.
I seriously doubt that anybody from Aberdeen university will aknowledge that what I wrote was "Scottish".
Proper grammar can be important. But it's not so important if the message, as it is, reaches the receiver without any static.
Language is a method, not a goal.
Originally posted by BowmannAs my good friend from Arkansas is quick to point out, where he comes from, "Y'all" is used to refer to a person or small group of people, as in, "How y'all doin' today?" For a larger group of people, proper Arkansian is "all y'all." So the actual title of this forum should have been, "How was all y'all's weekend?" [If you're university educated, it would be "How were all y'all's weekends?" - but there are only two or three Arkansians who have made it that far in their educational development, so we don't pay much attention to them]
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And have you never heard of Robert Burns?
Show me a single line of poetry with 'how was yalls weekend?????' in it.
Originally posted by The PlumberWouldn't that be 'How was all y'all's Hunting/Fishing Trip this weekend'?
As my good friend from Arkansas is quick to point out, where he comes from, "Y'all" is used to refer to a person or small group of people, as in, "How y'all doin' today?" For a larger group of people, proper Arkansian is "all y'all." So the actual title of this forum should have been, "How was all y'all's weekend?" [If you're university ...[text shortened]... have made it that far in their educational development, so we don't pay much attention to them]
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Originally posted by The PlumberFrom a former Arkansan...the 'all' is not necessary. Yall is like yall yankees 'you guys', referring to a group of people.
As my good friend from Arkansas is quick to point out, where he comes from, "Y'all" is used to refer to a person or small group of people, as in, "How y'all doin' today?" For a larger group of people, proper Arkansian is "all y'all." So the actual title of this forum should have been, "How was all y'all's weekend?" [If you're university ...[text shortened]... have made it that far in their educational development, so we don't pay much attention to them]
Originally posted by Moldy CrowNot likely. None of the above. We're still waiting for the jury to come in on the complete decimation of the English language in the Excited States of Amerika.
So is "Mexican" a language , or is it "Spanish" they speak in Mexico ?
(That's where they move the decimal point to the left depending on the consumption of sasparillas by hog-pokers in Arkansas...)