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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 235139" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>In the Hills were I live a favorite is "I ain't got no" or "Ya ain't got no".</p><p> </p><p>The word ain't is bad enough, but it doesn't bother me as much as the over use of double negatives around here. OMG And I admit, I'm a language snob. I'll correct someone's English. I can't help it, it drives me crazy.</p><p> </p><p>Email, chatting online, and text messesaging has made it worse. Among young people at the college their conversations are littered with abbreviations as much as poor grammar. And watching them in an English class can be entertaining if you have plenty of patience, which I don't. </p><p> </p><p>I can speak perfect English. And I did until I went to kindergarden. (school currupted me) I can talk "country", now I can do the "hill talk", and I can talk "big city". But thru it all, I still correct grammar. lol <strong>Do not</strong> use a double negative when speaking to me. It will get you a half hour lecture. Which most likely explains why my kids all did very well in english class. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>Heather, I nearly choked on my coffee. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 235139, member: 84"] In the Hills were I live a favorite is "I ain't got no" or "Ya ain't got no". The word ain't is bad enough, but it doesn't bother me as much as the over use of double negatives around here. OMG And I admit, I'm a language snob. I'll correct someone's English. I can't help it, it drives me crazy. Email, chatting online, and text messesaging has made it worse. Among young people at the college their conversations are littered with abbreviations as much as poor grammar. And watching them in an English class can be entertaining if you have plenty of patience, which I don't. I can speak perfect English. And I did until I went to kindergarden. (school currupted me) I can talk "country", now I can do the "hill talk", and I can talk "big city". But thru it all, I still correct grammar. lol [B]Do not[/B] use a double negative when speaking to me. It will get you a half hour lecture. Which most likely explains why my kids all did very well in english class. :) Heather, I nearly choked on my coffee. :rofl: [/QUOTE]
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