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To: dsc
"There is no “correct” spelling of street slang, because street slang is in and of itself an offense against civilization."

See here is your problem. You assume it was a typo or incorrect usage but it was chosen carefully to get a point across. And you proved it worked when you first took the use of the word to task. Because see you knew instinctively what the word represented. See the new reality is ruled by the Obama Gibsmedat voters. And I used the word to set the phrase right in the middle of that reality.

In writing you always look for the fewest and best words to get your point across and your reaction proves my phrase did exactly what I meant it to do.

Oh and it should be noted the Oxford online dictionary gives a definition of the word "sez" it notes the proper spelling of the word as well.

Definition of sez in English:
verb
Non-standard spelling of ‘says’, used in representing uneducated speech: ‘I’ve got a paper ’ere that sez they can’t come in.'

177 posted on 07/28/2015 10:21:18 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Mad Dawgg

“See here is your problem. You assume it was a typo.”

I made no such assumption. If it had looked like a typo, I wouldn’t have said anything.

“or incorrect usage but it was chosen carefully to get a point across”

Even if chosen, it is incorrect usage. It was because it was chosen that it irritated me. You chose to imitate the very worst people to be found anywhere on these shores.

“And you proved it worked when you first took the use of the word to task. Because see you knew instinctively what the word represented.”

That’s true. I must confess, though, that the slavish imitation and hero-worship of the “gibsmedats” has become a pet peeve—not that I am accusing you of those things.

“your reaction proves my phrase did exactly what I meant it to do.”

When you do that, you inadvertently strengthen the false perception that such adventures in spelling are acceptable.

“…the Oxford online dictionary gives a definition…Non-standard spelling of ‘says’, used in representing uneducated speech…”

“Non-standard” is PC weenie-speak for “incorrect.”

When the leftards slithered into and took over the field of lexicography, they changed the role of dictionaries from the traditional one of gatekeeper and guardian of the language to the passive one of simply “observing” and “recording” the “evolution of the language.”

Which is weasel-speak for, “They set out to promote the degradation of the language because they knew it would be bad for Western Civilization.”

Since that change in mission, any error that emerges—no matter how ridiculous—is added to new editions. As these errors are then in print, people tend to assume they must be correct.

We would do ourselves a service if we encouraged discussion of such errors, but I guess some people cannot endure the torment of having a mistake pointed out to them—again, not speaking of you. Your use of the “non-standard” word was deliberate.


180 posted on 07/28/2015 11:06:57 AM PDT by dsc (uired to)
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