vikingBerserker
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LMAO Nice Chris!
...and All is alright with the World.
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Njaco
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yulzari
Staff Sergeant
I was glancing at the title of the thread when I had a sudden memory of my english mistress (teacher) and her finding it written 'alright' would earn a heavy wooden board duster crashing off the wall six inches above the head leaving you showered in chalk dust and in the knowledge that you would spend the next break writing 'all right is two words' 100 times.
IIRC the next stage was one and a half hours detention and after that it worked up to the size 15 plimsoll administered by a beefy PE teacher (funny how they were never termed 'masters'.)
T'would seem Njaco bain't bin larned properer than wot I weren't.
IIRC the next stage was one and a half hours detention and after that it worked up to the size 15 plimsoll administered by a beefy PE teacher (funny how they were never termed 'masters'.)
T'would seem Njaco bain't bin larned properer than wot I weren't.
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razor1uk
Staff Sergeant
Funny , but appart from bacon, and the diction, I am slightly intrigued and perturbed by the 'adult beverage' term, hopefully its liquidised bacon or amber pi$$ (Aussy for for beer if I do believe).
, but appart from bacon, and the diction, I am slightly intrigued and perturbed by the 'adult beverage' term, hopefully its liquidised bacon or amber pi$$ (Aussy for for beer if I do believe).
Matt308
Glock Perfection
There nothing wrong with "alright". Google it.
razor1uk
Staff Sergeant
Alright is I believe an American word, but if your of a more commonwealth taught version/descendant of Engish, then all right is the more normal. But if were going to be going grammer police style, the fun would never end.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/all-right-or-alright
Well you myself too, learn something new every day...
http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/all-right-or-alright
Well you myself too, learn something new every day...
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
It is interesting to see whatbis termed "proper grammar" and what is not, and again, many things have changed since I was in school...
One thing I remember well, is the word "can't". I was told that one "can not" or one "will not", but there was no such thing as "can't"...
Never had a problem with "alright", however.
One thing I remember well, is the word "can't". I was told that one "can not" or one "will not", but there was no such thing as "can't"...
Never had a problem with "alright", however.
Readie
Chief Master Sergeant
Sloppy English was not tolerated in my school. It was either correct or wrong. No grey areas.
I remember the 'Ruler' or 'Rule' ....
Rulers live in Palaces
Rule are used to rule.
In the world of appalling English, text speak, internet slang and god knows what else am I fighting a loosing battle?
I remember the 'Ruler' or 'Rule' ....
Rulers live in Palaces
Rule are used to rule.
In the world of appalling English, text speak, internet slang and god knows what else am I fighting a loosing battle?
Matt308
Glock Perfection
Both of you guys are alwrong.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Yes...
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
razor1uk
Staff Sergeant
Stoical self imposed lingual guerrilla warfare won't stop it, but it would make those who do so more understandable...
Readie
Chief Master Sergeant
You ain't never gonna win.
Ummm... the old double negative trick eh.
My offspring are proud to be able to write and speak grammatically correct English and use the wealth of descriptive words that exists if you care to look through the dictionary.
'****' has its place but, not as a verb,noun,pronoun and past participle...
I don't understand why people choose to dumb down their spoken language.
You don't have to talk like an Eton twit, just use good English...
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Its just use 'proper' English....
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Nothing quite as embarrassing as being caught with your particple dangling...
Readie
Chief Master Sergeant
Ah, American wit
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Readie
Chief Master Sergeant
'Good' English or 'Proper English' ?
Those are both loaded and highly misleading terms because they've been bandied around for centuries by people who failed to take the necessary time to learn how language is actually used.
What's proper for casual conversation is not proper for formal speech or writing, BUT the situation is the same reversed. Using formal language in casual conversation is "improper" because it's not appropriate.
The most accurate is; "I want to learn English appropriate to the social situation"....
Those are both loaded and highly misleading terms because they've been bandied around for centuries by people who failed to take the necessary time to learn how language is actually used.
What's proper for casual conversation is not proper for formal speech or writing, BUT the situation is the same reversed. Using formal language in casual conversation is "improper" because it's not appropriate.
The most accurate is; "I want to learn English appropriate to the social situation"....
GrauGeist
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Perhaps the correct phrase would be, "I have a desire to learn the language of the British Isles so I may understand them better".
In all honesty, the English langauge is a composite language that has evolved (and still is, aparently) over the centuries. Isn't Dutch the closest living relic to the original or Olde Englishe?
In all honesty, the English langauge is a composite language that has evolved (and still is, aparently) over the centuries. Isn't Dutch the closest living relic to the original or Olde Englishe?
yulzari
Staff Sergeant
IIRC Frisian is said to be the closest but then Frisian is closer to English than Geordie is (I think I got the grammar wrong somewhere.)
The b*gger is the various major vowel shifts in the Germanic languages over the years. Hence Shakespeare is easy to read if you are English but Chaucer is damn hard work and Dutch and English have shifted their pronunciation so far apart that standard German pronunciation is closer to standard English. I love my Dutch neighbours and friends but I can't get beyond hello/goodbye, yes/no, please/thank you and, of course help, which is the most important word to learn in any language.
Returning to the thread: alright is perfectly good American but very bad English.
You ain't never not gonna win.
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