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Posted on 04/21/2011 11:17:10 AM PDT by ml/nj
Today before the bottom of the second hour, Rush played a soundbite with the acting President speaking. During this soundbite, Obama used the words, hafta, ta and ya.
So I want to know:
1) Does Obama think these are English words?ML/NJ2) Is he intentionally speaking down to his audience?
3) Is this the best example he can set for young skulls full of mush?
4) What?
Some of you sillies are thinking saying tuh for to is some kind of black dialect pronunciation?? Not at all. I think it’s a very white pronunciation that goes with the localities that say things like “I’m fixin’ tuh “ go so something. It’s very white and probably came from his grandparents.
Ah dunno. Ah doen feel no ways tarred dough... mebbe so.
I thought ta was "to."
ML/NJ
The proper usage is "at," not "to." "He be talkin' ah (short 'a' sound, no 't'), Holda's peepah..." They have no use for ending consonants.
I'm being racist, aren't I?
’ “hafta,” “ya”, “ta” - Are These Words ? ‘
I’m pretty sure ‘ta tas’ are words.
I was pointing out how often he stops in mid sentence and uses “uh” to try to focus his thoughts or whatever. He cannot complete a single sentence without several “uhs”, unless he is using his teleprompters.
Yinz are lucky he ain’t from Picksburgh n’at.
He also says ‘folks’ a lot. Folk is itself a plural.
Is he intentionally speaking down to his audience?
Yes, like some moron white people who try to affect street jargon when talking to blacks.
Naw, you’re just being liguistically multiculturally diverse. ;-)
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