Posted on 12/31/2009 11:04:42 AM PST by don-o
For some examples, tune in to Hannity's show in the afternoon and hear young (I assume) females who speak in some sort of Valley Girl / Munchkin combination of vocabulary and inflection.
In the interest of equal treatment, many young males also exhibit poor communication skills; but poor in a different way. Many sound like remarkable apes who have learned rudimentary human speech.
What is the cause of this loss of standard speech?
This has been troubling me for quite some time. The last day of the year is a good time to get it out of my head and out there for discussion.
Thank you for letting me share!
Do you mean dur-reckly? Which is properly spelled directly; but actually means, "When I take a notion"
Maybe we’ll have to start it up again in the morning! I was sposed to be babysitting the 3yo gbaby while the other adults watched a scary movie. I ended up falling asleep. Guess who’s still running around wide open? LOL
I tried to find the down east version of Twas the night before, but I’m not awake enough!
Love to talk to you more. Daddy’s people were from western NC and then eastern Kentucky—Hazzard County. And yeah, I know there’s no such county! Smiths and Coombs and Fields
On a completely different topic—a friend called me this summer. I manage the greenhouse and am general gopher and do everything else :) at a local garden center. He had gotten his hands on some tobacco seed—found in a pottery jar in a cave—in Kentucky. The jar was dated to 2000 yo. He wanted me to plant some. Curiosity, and all that. I did. Planted it on a Sat afternoon. It was up Mon morning. It got about 2 feet tall, with very small leaves. We let it go, and in about 6 weeks it started blooming. The blooms were chartreuse. The local Cherokee tribe in Kentucky has dibs and doesn’t want any info released. I understand, but as a writer and a gardener, I’m chomping at the bit. It was still really cool to take part. Everything just fell together. We’re going to try and save some seed, but our cool rainy fall didn’t do the plants any favors. I still have a little of the original seed. :) We’re going to plant some more in the spring and see how it does in the right season.
It makes me stark raving mad to hear the phrase “you know” used fifteen times per sentence. I long to reach out, grab the offender by the throat, and invite them to explain why, if I know, they are telling me!
Great question to start a thread, and I have to agree with you. ;) I can’t stand it. I look at people coming in who want a job. If they’re covered in tattoos, have so many piercings that they look like a sieve, hats on sideways and shoes untied and crack showing, or speak gutter, as we call it—they don’t stand a chance with us.
Not really sorry we hijacked it—this has been an extremely fun thread!
How about those who use the word “like” a hundred times a day?
If you’ve ever planted Nicotania or even Petunias, you’ve planted tobacco.
We should try to get together and have an occasional, dedicated genealogy and regional history thread.
Maybe that’s something to plan for the New Year.
Yo, Yo! don’ I no yo ma?
Oh, yes... especially when it’s used as a verb. “So, I’m, like, get out of here!”
Sounds like a plan to me! The blooms on the tobacco were the same shade of green that I’ve seen on some Nicotiana. We were really curious as to what color it would be. All the tobacco I’ve ever seen growing has white or pink blooms.
Might even find some long lost cousins—not that I don’t have enough! :) All I know about my Cherokee g-gma is her name—Belle Star. And that I look just like her, only with whiter skin and light brown hair. The one pic I’ve ever seen of her was like looking in a mirror. Same moon face, same eye and mouth shape.
The two gentlemen who got me to grow the tobacco seed are both very much into genealogy and can quote you clans and chiefs ad infinitum. :)
You've got your hijacking; then you have your threads which evolve naturally by good contributions from interesting people with interesting contributions to the conversation. The latter is definitely the case here.
LOL This one evolved rather well, I think!
Re: your tag line—Your son ever been stationed at Cherry Point? Tell him thanks for me.
No. He’s currently in the USMC Reserve. His plan is to go for the PLC in college, which is a track to a commission in the regular Corps upon graduation. He was told that being in the Reserves was a good punch to have on your ticket to get selected for that.
He should be back stateside (to Camp Pendleton) in a month or so.
Of course, his family and friends are very proud of him. Thanks for asking and be assured I relay the support he and all the troops receive on this board.
Gotcha. I only live a couple miles from MCAS Cherry Point and our town is fairly small—every one knows pretty much every one, at least by sight. :) Just wondering if there was another “thread” to tie us together! LOL
Congrats to your son. I know you’re proud of him!
I could absolutely slap the crap out of women who say “think yao”. I saw a very nicely dressed young woman who did not look like the type to say that (was in her late 20’s to early 30’s) and she said think yao. I was speechless. It is a stupid way of saying thank you. Also hate the “no problem” when responding to thank you. It’s YOU ARE WELCOME!!
‘Sup dawg?
Mah homies at da Free ‘public sez you ain’t diggin’ da way my peeps rap. My brudders are gettin all wee weed up ‘bout this. Be cool, bro, we ain’t messin’ wid ya, so just chill.
Irregardless...
Yes. Thanks for getting the thread back on track. An answer to "No problem" might be, "Forgive me. Did I say there was a problem?"
Channel surfing the other night, I came across a show titled "1000 Ways to Die" (or close). With nothing of interest on TV, I tuned in to see a segment about a guy in a pickup driving while texting his girlfriend, who'd already arrived at their destination. She was walking through the parking lot, texting him regarding his whereabouts. They kept texting back-and-forth him driving, she walking, until he ran her over with the truck, killing her.
I turned off the TV.
I disagree. Listen to educated blacks and you can’t tell over the phone (or with your eyes closed). Examples: JC Watts, Condi Rice, Colin Powell, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Juan Williams, even Barry O.
I believe it is purely nurture, not nature.
Pebbles,huh. My luck someone would sneak up behind me and I would inhale a couple. /grin But you have to admit it was inventive on his part.
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