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Mayor Bloomberg to Kids: Learn to ‘Speak Grammar’ or You Won’t Succeed
Politicker ^ | June 7, 2013 | Jill Colvin

Posted on 06/08/2013 6:25:55 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi

Mayor Michael Bloomberg–who previously suggested so-so students skip college to become plumbers–dished out some more advice to young people Friday morning during his weekly radio show.

Mr. Bloomberg, whose own syntax has sometimes been the butt of jokes, warned kids to pay attention to their grammar lessons or risk losing opportunities later in life.

“Kids have to learn to speak grammar,” said the mayor, in response to a caller who suggested kids weren’t being taught the subject in schools.

“If you don’t speak good grammar–English with good grammar–you’re not gonna get the kind of jobs that you want,” said the mayor. “You can make an argument that it shouldn’t be the case, it’s not fair, whatever, [but] people judge each other by how well-spoken they are. And if there’s a lot of jargon, and if you can’t–double negatives and things like that–they hurt your career prospects.”

That’s one of the reasons, he argued, it’s so important to have good schools. “It is an English-speaking country and, like in My Fair Lady, we do judge each other based on how well we speak.”

Host John Gambling said he hoped that message was getting through to young people.

“People think it’s cute to jive. And it may be for entertainment, but you just still have to have a command of the English language,” concluded Mr. Bloomberg, who admitted he was never good at the subject at school.

“I could never figure out a dangling participle,” he joked.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: michaelbloomberg; nannybloomberg; newyork; newyorkcity
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First, Bloomberg was right when he said that this 'everyone should go to college' mindset is crazy, and some kids would be better off learning a trade. Now, Bloomberg is spot-on saying that you'll get nowhere in America speaking jive or Spanish. It's odd to say, but Bloomberg is on a roll.
1 posted on 06/08/2013 6:25:55 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

I ain’t got no use for no inglush books.


2 posted on 06/08/2013 6:28:37 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

However, you could become mayor of NYC. Apparently, proper grammar is no prerequisite.


3 posted on 06/08/2013 6:29:19 PM PDT by newheart (The worst thing the Left ever did was to convince the world it was not a religion.)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Bloomberg is one of my least favorite humans, but he is right on this.


4 posted on 06/08/2013 6:29:52 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Bloomberg is a neo-Nazi traitor. When it comes time to hang traitors, I guarantee you that Bloomberg the Nazi will be begging for his worthless life.


5 posted on 06/08/2013 6:35:16 PM PDT by sergeantdave (No, I don't have links for everything I post)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Sounds racist to me.


6 posted on 06/08/2013 6:38:35 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
Then why don't we require that all citizens and immigrants learn and become fluent in ENGLISH (that's what it's called Bloomie) so they can be functional in society, schools and the workplace.
The #1 step out of the slums and ghettos is to know the language and customs of the nation you live in, not just your immediate 'hood.

7 posted on 06/08/2013 6:48:43 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: sergeantdave
Bloomberg is a neo-Nazi traitor. When it comes time to hang traitors, I guarantee you that Bloomberg the Nazi will be begging for his worthless life.

Bloomberg may be a totalitarian, but I'll go out on a limb and suggest that BloomBERG is not a Nazi.

8 posted on 06/08/2013 7:02:55 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

I think he’s wrong.

I’d be having my children learn Chinese.


9 posted on 06/08/2013 7:08:42 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

“Kids have to learn to speak grammar.”

Umm... That word is “grammatically”. I’ll let the use of the word which means “baby goats” when he should have used “children” slide.


10 posted on 06/08/2013 7:08:59 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: sergeantdave

...but at least using proper grammar.


11 posted on 06/08/2013 7:09:15 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi; Tax-chick
Mayor Bloomberg to Kids: Learn to ‘Speak Grammar’ or You Won’t Succeed

Larn yur grammar gudly or you could grow up to be a leftist tyrant busybody!

12 posted on 06/08/2013 7:09:16 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

If Weiner wins the mayoral race, can we call him a dangling participle?


13 posted on 06/08/2013 7:10:10 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: goodwithagun

Rectum, hell, damn near killed him!


14 posted on 06/08/2013 7:11:29 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi
Learn to speak and more importantly learn to worship freedom. For example don't focus on banning soda, smoking, eating while at the same time fanatically promoting bicycle riding to kids because then people will know that you're a power hungry despot who doesn't give a rats ass about the publics health.

For example this.>>> which I see almost everyday in the news about NYC....

Bicyclist dead after being struck by taxis

15 posted on 06/08/2013 7:11:42 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

Judy Holiday in “Born Yesterday” reminded of I am.


16 posted on 06/08/2013 7:12:42 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

What an Idiot.


17 posted on 06/08/2013 7:13:21 PM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: combat_boots

When we listed an ad for a position in our Hollywood company, we got hundreds of applications. Unfortunately, 80% of it was ‘text’ language and most of these grads do not have a professional command of the English language. It pissed us off to no extent.

The good part was that we discovered a few gems from applicants from small schools in middle America I’ve never even heard of.


18 posted on 06/08/2013 7:17:19 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: max americana
It pissed us off to no extent.

None at all?

19 posted on 06/08/2013 7:19:19 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Re bicyclist dead:
one less.


20 posted on 06/08/2013 7:21:58 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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