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May 5th, 2004 at 12:24pm
 
Some of you folks need to work on your English grammar and spelling. I'm having a hard time understanding your question or point of view. I know I'm no authority on the English language and didn't make straight A's in high school and college, but I try to keep a dictionary at hand and make my sentences comprehensible. I've noticed that our slinging friends from Sweden, Poland, Spain and others are doing a better job(including myself!) with their English grammar. This website is wonderful and I like reading everyone's message, so lets work on our grammar and spelling for the benefit of others!!
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Reply #1 - May 5th, 2004 at 12:32pm
 
thank you Johnny for bringing it up.

I know I´m not so good in english, altough you was nice and mentioned sweden up there..  but I try the best I can to make my message clear. Often I don´t have a dictionary around.
I also have difficulties to understand some messages here in the forum sometimes, and I often wonder if the writer really have english as motherlanguage.

So please stop write slang. Thanks!


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Reply #2 - May 5th, 2004 at 12:36pm
 
... and by the way, I just look the word grammar up...

it ´s grammar  not grammer Wink

Sorry....  Embarrassed
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Reply #3 - May 5th, 2004 at 12:56pm
 
Ulrica
Well, I get the idiot award!
I read and re-read my article to check for misspelled words but didn't see the obvious! Your English grammar is great! Good work! It is mostly the slang that is hard to understand. I think everyone needs to keep this in mind for those in other countries(where English is a second language).
Thanks Ulrica!!!!!!
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Reply #4 - May 5th, 2004 at 2:05pm
 
I'll leave spelling alone due to the fact I can't spell in several languages. My grammar isn't the best either and agree that our neighbors on this spinning rock have a better grasp of english in many cases... I agree even stronger on slang. Idioms don't translate well. Modern American english (as much as I hate to call it that) slang is just getting to the point that it should probably be classified as it's own language ie. ebonics. The sad part is proper english is not understood in the U.S. by many who grew up in it's borders, graduated High School...
etc.... I'll stop before I launch into a full rant...
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Reply #5 - May 5th, 2004 at 2:21pm
 
You are welcome, Johnny!

I bet I make a lot more mistakes then you, but I thought  the headline should be right spelled Wink
I hope you can forgive me, playing bully for this time.

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Reply #6 - May 5th, 2004 at 2:40pm
 
Ulrica
We know that Viking women are very tough!!
My wife has Scandinavian origins!!
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Reply #7 - May 5th, 2004 at 6:00pm
 
I apologize for any use of slang.  I was raised redneck (sorry -- I was brought up in the rural traditions of mid-western America) and I tend to regress into the use of my boyhood dialect when I'm in a good mood or relaxed.  Strangely enough, I'm in a good mood more often when slinging, braiding slings, or discussing slinging related topics.

F.Y.I.  (For your information)

Yup=yes
Nope=no
shucks=(mild expletive)
git=get
ya=you
doncha, woncha, cancha=don't you, won't you, can't you

I've also noticed an increase in the use of 'e-mailisms,' or phrases and abbreviations peculiar to American (and English?) internet usage

lol=laugh out loud
rofl=rolling on the floor laughing
btw=by the way

I'll try harder to be true to my English teachers' curriculum in the future.  Please, don't be afraid to ask if you don't understand something.  Nobody will think less of you, especially the pathetic mono-linguists like myself.  I can't even master Spanish, and Colorado has a huge Mexican/Latino community!
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Reply #8 - May 5th, 2004 at 6:23pm
 
Hobb
I thought "lol" was,"lots of laughs!". Well, I learned something new! I'm from Tennessee, and I can be bad about using "southern slang" on occasion!
I hope y'all understand!
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Reply #9 - May 6th, 2004 at 3:53pm
 
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Modern American english (as much as I hate to call it that) ...


??? You hate to call it modern, American, or English?

I get the feeling that you don't like calling your language after the name of a foreign country ... don't be so proud ... we English are forced to call it that, from the Angles, Scandanavian raiders who settled here centuries ago. So you see, it ain't our language either!

Nothing to get ranty about, honest!  8)
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Reply #10 - May 6th, 2004 at 4:15pm
 
If Johnny had meant to distinguish terms....He could easily have done so....or haven't you heard of the concept:  "The sum is greater than the parts"?    Oh, and Johnny.....you are going to have to change your 'ranty' ways lest you be taught a lesson from across the pond!  Now go to your room and I mean it....honest!
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Reply #11 - May 6th, 2004 at 4:34pm
 
It's just sgrs9's post I'm counter-ranting. Can a person counter-rant ... on a grammar thread?  Shocked
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Reply #12 - May 6th, 2004 at 4:57pm
 
Most certainly......and I was just subconsciouly counter-ranting Johnny's initial rant by my inadvertent transposition of his name for Srgs9's.....all in good fun.....afterall,  I'm as ranty as the next person.... Embarrassed  In all honesty,  I hadn't considered the potential onus that some of my 'linguistic gymnastics' might put upon those of the slinging forum family whose grasp of english may be marginal, at best.  Johnny's post has made me more aware of my own intermittent lack of consideration for those whose problems with our language are far from mitigated by our choice of speech, coupled with the so called 'universal translator' web applications in use today.   And from now on,  I've decided there shall be no further counter-rantyness to be displayed henceforth.   Unless of course,  it has been submitted for approval to my dizzying intellect, which shineth forth like a bright beacon on a cold, dark night.   

P.S.  If I offend,  it is only because I work too hard for very little pay in my dark and dusty corner of the world and alas,  this fine haven is become my only outlet of pseudo-creative expression.   No good rant truly makes perfect sense, else it lose it's wild, boisterous edge......and yes Mithras,  I know where I fall in that category.  Undecided
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Reply #13 - May 6th, 2004 at 6:15pm
 
yah i too suck at spelling and grammer. but i don't think it matters because most of my stuff ppl can understand. but in the future, i will try harder to be understood.
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Reply #14 - May 6th, 2004 at 8:05pm
 
Does everyone know that German almost became our official language? In the early 1800's, because of the huge German population, Congress voted to make either English or German the official language. German lost by one vote!!!!! That could have changed the whole course of history! WWI.....WWII......
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