Random thoughts III
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Also, those who say...
"Melk" (Milk)
"Onvelope" (Envelope)
"Aks" (Ask)
"Bidness" (Business)
"Probly" (Probably)
"Wadn't" (Wasn't)
And yes if I hear it, I will correct them in public like a teacher.
You mean other than onvelope is the correct way to pronounce it? I'm wondering where the wrong is there too.
Can you imagine trying to learn the English language as a second language?Envoy, encore, ensemble, entree, entourage, and entrepreneur.
I've lived in six different states, but my parents were Texan and I spent most of my first five years there. If I'm really tired the Texan comes back, but really, the way I pronounce words is a hodgepodge from around the country, so I'm not even sure WHY I pronounce it ONvelope...or use EYEther and EEther pretty much interchangeably.
My friends tease me sometimes when the Texan shows up. For instance, to me, "I tell you what" is a complete.
Edit: Sentence. Complete SENTENCE. Sheesh
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It is...mostly because there are so many rules, and so many exceptions to those rules. And we as Americans are very lax in our sentence structure and grammar, both when speaking and when writing. Add to that the fact that a significant portion of us can't complete a written sentence without depending on spillchick and have begun to use textspeak in normal writing and it's apparent that even those of us born and raised here struggle with learning it.
It is...mostly because there are so many rules, and so many exceptions to those rules. And we as Americans are very lax in our sentence structure and grammar, both when speaking and when writing. Add to that the fact that a significant portion of us can't complete a written sentence without depending on spillchick and have begun to use textspeak in normal writing and it's apparent that even those of us born and raised here struggle with learning it.
I see what you did there
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