“They need cleaned up”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's called regional English. You probably speak some too, and don't know it.

Uh, no. Because I’ve had an excellent education.

I’ve had? Okay.

[Anonymous]

My college partner from central southern Ohio spoke this way. It puzzled and annoyed me.
Twenty years later I dated someone from another part of Ohio (Rural no too far from Akron) and they spoke this way too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My college partner from central southern Ohio spoke this way. It puzzled and annoyed me.
Twenty years later I dated someone from another part of Ohio (Rural no too far from Akron) and they spoke this way too.

Please. It is not an "Ohio thing" it is a white trash thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's called regional English. You probably speak some too, and don't know it.

Uh, no. Because I’ve had an excellent education.

I’ve had? Okay.

exactly!
I love how this thread is full of snobs insisting they are educated so therefore they don't use regionalisms, Engeineers missing subtlety and actual PhDs who love the nuance and diversity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My college partner from central southern Ohio spoke this way. It puzzled and annoyed me.
Twenty years later I dated someone from another part of Ohio (Rural no too far from Akron) and they spoke this way too.

Please. It is not an "Ohio thing" it is a white trash thing.

Well, I am WT from Ohio and we all talk like that!

[Anonymous]

A lot of you really hate poor people, don’t you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s regional. And it sounds fine to my Chicago ears!

None of my Chicago family say this. We are half north siders and half south siders. There are plenty of Chicago regionalisms but this is not one of them. If you want to talk about the "frunch room" or dese, dem, and dose, then that's another thing.

My DH's family is from northwest Indiana and they say this too.

So it's an Indiana thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of you really hate poor people, don’t you?

Are you new to DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of you really hate poor people, don’t you?

Are you new to DCUM?

Ha, no, but usually the antipathy is disguised a bit or has a noblesse oblige flavor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's called regional English. You probably speak some too, and don't know it.

Uh, no. Because I’ve had an excellent education.

I’ve had? Okay.

exactly!
I love how this thread is full of snobs insisting they are educated so therefore they don't use regionalisms, Engeineers missing subtlety and actual PhDs who love the nuance and diversity

Uh.... Yeah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of you really hate poor people, don’t you?

No, I hate stupid people but you’ve overrun this odious site so I need to leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of you really hate poor people, don’t you?

No, I hate stupid people but you’ve overrun this odious site so I need to leave.

You know Black Americans are more likely to use a “non-standard” dialect and regionalisms, right? Being a judgey b1tch like this is both unbecoming and racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please help me understand this one: DH drops “with” from phrases like “I’m done dinner” or “I’m done work”

I haven’t heard this one before. Where’s the linguist? Come back! I need to know!

I’m not a linguist but I’ve noticed this is something that many (all?) Canadians do.

Some verbs, in other languages, would translate such that you dont need this helper preposition. "Ich suche ein Ei" means "I am looking for an egg." "Looking for" not "suchen für" Done with seems equally redundant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of you really hate poor people, don’t you?

No, I hate stupid people but you’ve overrun this odious site so I need to leave.

Your erudition is showing but not your empathy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of you really hate poor people, don’t you?

No, I hate stupid people but you’ve overrun this odious site so I need to leave.

Sorry! I cannot help that this is how I was taught. It is very difficult to change as an adult. I don’t think I am stupid, though.