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Post by Frederick the Great on Mar 3, 2017 6:08:06 GMT
The Standard American English. The southeast does NOT have a proper standard of any language whatsoever in my experience. I should know after all I've suffered 5 years in the GA/TN border area and now almost 1 year in Northwest Florida. "suffered"  But seriously, sometimes (even if you're watching a southern guy on YouTube) their language sometimes does become indecipherable. I struggle with some Southerners but normally I can work out most of what they are saying. Jamaican's though, they're the ones I struggle the most with... |
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 3, 2017 6:08:19 GMT
The Standard American English. The southeast does NOT have a proper standard of any language whatsoever in my experience. I should know after all I've suffered 5 years in the GA/TN border area and now almost 1 year in Northwest Florida. Would they actually say "get life" instead of "get a life"? A 2nd Grader, maybe... a normal redneck, no. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Mar 3, 2017 6:09:02 GMT
Would they actually say "get life" instead of "get a life"? A 3rd Grader, maybe... a normal redneck, no. 3rd grader, no? Maybe a very smart ape... |
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Post by Desophaeus on Mar 3, 2017 6:12:01 GMT
A 3rd Grader, maybe... a normal redneck, no. 3rd grader, no? Maybe a very smart ape... When I posted that... I realize it should be more like a 2nd Grader. I've edited it before you finished your post, but not before you started quoting me, unfortunately...  I wish I caught myself earlier. |
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 3, 2017 7:37:35 GMT
Well I've spoken to only one man from Texas, but this is how he was speaking No human mouth can talk without any vowels, which is what that depicts. People with a heavy Southern Drawl (like some Texans) can blend their words together, in massive contraction, so "we haven't" may be contracted to "we ain't", and even the first e can be dropped, creating a 1-syllable word More like w'æn't |
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 3, 2017 7:40:21 GMT
He said that in the standard Australian dialect, you say "get life", as opposed to "get a life" No that's completely false. We never drop letters. We use a fair bit of slang and generally speak more informally than most other English speaking countries but we don't do anything like dropping the a. I have no idea where he has gotten that from. Well then my Indian friend was lying that all of the Asia and Australia drops letters from English sentences, but anyway I can guarantee that Indians does this a lot, and by a lot I mean all the time |
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 3, 2017 7:41:15 GMT
No that's completely false. We never drop letters. We use a fair bit of slang and generally speak more informally than most other English speaking countries but we don't do anything like dropping the a. I have no idea where he has gotten that from. pretty sure he just made it up, like the Texan thing. Richard said he once talked to a Texan, this guy immediately copied Richard saying he met a Texan too When did he say he met Texan? |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Mar 3, 2017 7:43:03 GMT
No that's completely false. We never drop letters. We use a fair bit of slang and generally speak more informally than most other English speaking countries but we don't do anything like dropping the a. I have no idea where he has gotten that from. Well then my Indian friend was lying that all of the Asia and Australia drops letters from English sentences, but anyway I can guarantee that Indians does this a lot, and by a lot I mean all the time I haven't heard a single Indian till date who does such a thing. We (we as in us South Asians) may sometimes say things that don't grammatically make sense, but we never drop articles like that. |
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 3, 2017 7:43:44 GMT
pretty sure he just made it up, like the Texan thing. Richard said he once talked to a Texan, this guy immediately copied Richard saying he met a Texan too I'm fairly sure at this point it's becoming clearer and clearer that my intuition was correct, this guy wanted to dodge a nitpicking against his words (which is rather hypocritical since he was nitpicking everyone else's posts). Two wise quotes that would apply in this situation.... "You can dish it out, but you can't take it." "If you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen." Just take an example of that how different are are Oxford and literar grammatics, before we continue this discussion, anyway somebody could clear this thread a bit as we are way off topic now |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Mar 3, 2017 7:44:35 GMT
If I understand correctly what you speak of...I would go with the majority. "get life" just sounds/looks weird. Funny, but weird. As a Canadian who only knows english, I've always understood it as "get a life" I tried talking tech to a texan once. He said "git life ya hear me?" for anonymous me. Oh and you liked his comment too, this is on page 4. |
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Post by Napoleon Bonaparte on Mar 3, 2017 7:45:37 GMT
I'm fairly sure at this point it's becoming clearer and clearer that my intuition was correct, this guy wanted to dodge a nitpicking against his words (which is rather hypocritical since he was nitpicking everyone else's posts). Two wise quotes that would apply in this situation.... "You can dish it out, but you can't take it." "If you can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen." Just take an example of that how different are are Oxford and literar grammatics, before we continue this discussion, anyway somebody could clear this thread a bit as we are way off topic now in the officer's lounge, all threads are derailed and off-topic. |
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 3, 2017 7:47:12 GMT
Well then my Indian friend was lying that all of the Asia and Australia drops letters from English sentences, but anyway I can guarantee that Indians does this a lot, and by a lot I mean all the time I haven't heard a single Indian till date who does such a thing. We (we as in us South Asians) may sometimes say things that don't grammatically make sense, but we never drop articles like that. Well you haven't talked with my friend, I will have to get him here if this continues, it's just that they have tendency to do overkill on somethings, but you notice what they do when you talk with them a longer time(notice I can't say everybody does that asthose who are more educated most likely use full grammatical forms, but others doesn't even use proper sentences etc) |
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 3, 2017 7:48:09 GMT
I tried talking tech to a texan once. He said "git life ya hear me?" for anonymous me. Oh and you liked his comment too, this is on page 4. Lol remembered, anyway somebody please clear this or make 2 threads if you want to continue |
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 4, 2017 20:51:18 GMT
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Post by Kal Wardin on Mar 5, 2017 9:57:30 GMT
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I wish I caught myself earlier.
