Sally Redux

Lordy, Lordy.

alicat26

No I don't. I don't know what you mean.

I'm not referring to blacks. Just some very common phrases that are grammatically wrong.

cindyabs

http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question...4005628AAR1P8a


Don't get me started on the lose vs loose thing..........

robin1234

Maybe this comment explains the conundrum..
Black people in america?
Umm... They say "AXE" instead ask because their tongue seems to be twisted. Have you observed them when they talking?

helwardman

The first time I heard these phrases was when I moved to South Cumbria in the late 80's so it's definitely not just a US thing.

nethead

Probably a regional thing. Where I'm from in the west country, it's very common for people to say "where's that to?"

cindyabs

Exactly, I cringed when I read that.

Bob

The Welsh are weird like that...probably comes from the sheep not complaining

kimilseung

Stating that they are wrong, is maybe indicative of where you are in the power structure, if one considers it to be part of dialect, then they are not wrong, just different.

cindyabs

and that could be said for many, many of the expressions, pronunciations, etc, etc here in the US as perceived by many Brits here.

SultanOfSwing

What does it bloody matter if they are gramatically correct or not, if the purpose here is for us to talk about phrases/words we just don't like? That is for another thread - and is an issue that is pandemic across the entire Anglosphere - not just here. We're rather missing the point of what should be a bit of light hearted piss-taking if we get bogged down in this.

I could start a thread on grammatical errors if you really want, but I suspect you don't

kimilseung

Absolutely, and the only difference, is where on the totem pole you are, I do not mind moaning from the bottom, e,g, one example British English against the dominant American English, I am more uncomfortable about complaining about English variants that the broader culture may consider to be inferior or wrong, when it is just different. I am also sure I have been guilty of it too.

cindyabs

Do you have a cell phone that takes pictures that you can upload to the computer?

kimilseung

That is the oddest question I can remember being asked on BE.
to answer, my phone needs bluetooth, which I have disabled on the computer, because the Toshiba driver cause the blue screen of death.

cindyabs

S'okay, it relates to another thread, .

I am not sure about the blue tooth computer thing because we're starting to get too technical for me.