If you say "sip on" rather than "sip," why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

No no no! You mind money. On is unnecessary.

-Grammar Nazi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget "welcome in."

Or "Employees must wash hands." They are NEVER there to wash my hands. I have been stuck in bathrooms for hours waiting.

[Anonymous]

I say "sip on" if I want to be folksy

I made y'all a lil' moonshine martini. Why donchall sip on it a minit while I get supper ready?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

Sipping on a chili dog
outside the tastee freeze


It's not a matter of bieng new. It's new to here.

It's actually "suckin' on a chili dog." But I'm not here for a thread about the linguistics of "suckin' on a..." vs. "suckin' a..."

Oh you're right!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's because people come from different parts of the country. There are a lot of variations of simple things like this, depending on where you live (or are from).

My least favorite right now is "On tomorrow" "On yesterday." So stupid sounding. Not sure what part of the country this is from but not a very well educated one.

I’ve lived all over and the only people I hear say it that way are middle-aged Black folks...of all socioeconomic statuses and geographic backgrounds. I always figured it was some part of AAVE.

[Anonymous]

“I want something to sip on” makes more sense than “I want something to sip”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't forget "welcome in."

Or "Employees must wash hands." They are NEVER there to wash my hands. I have been stuck in bathrooms for hours waiting.

LOL

[Anonymous]

My least favorite, that is said constantly in our school district, is "share out." As in, "we'll share out the survey results." Why not just share?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

Sipping on a chili dog
outside the tastee freeze


It's not a matter of bieng new. It's new to here.

It's actually "suckin' on a chili dog." But I'm not here for a thread about the linguistics of "suckin' on a..." vs. "suckin' a..."

Wondering how one would sip, or sip on, a chili dog

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's because people come from different parts of the country. There are a lot of variations of simple things like this, depending on where you live (or are from).

My least favorite right now is "On tomorrow" "On yesterday." So stupid sounding. Not sure what part of the country this is from but not a very well educated one.

I’ve lived all over and the only people I hear say it that way are middle-aged Black folks...of all socioeconomic statuses and geographic backgrounds. I always figured it was some part of AAVE.

If people are in a position of power or authority or on TV and can't speak grammatically correctly I stop caring about what they have to say. I wouldn't listen to good ol boy slang on TV either. Sounds dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

Sipping on a chili dog
outside the tastee freeze


It's not a matter of bieng new. It's new to here.

It's actually "suckin' on a chili dog." But I'm not here for a thread about the linguistics of "suckin' on a..." vs. "suckin' a..."

Wondering how one would sip, or sip on, a chili dog

Delayed gratification or stretching out time with a girl or guy you like. You slowly sip on the chili, sometimes with a straw, then go to work on the dog. If you suck on the chili it goes much faster. Then of course there's wolfing it down, chili, dog, bun and all.

Wolfing down a chili dog
outside the tasteee freeze
gotta get away from her
don't want no squeeze

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

No no no! You mind money. On is unnecessary.

-Grammar Nazi

You mind your manners. You have something on your mind. Like money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's because people come from different parts of the country. There are a lot of variations of simple things like this, depending on where you live (or are from).

My least favorite right now is "On tomorrow" "On yesterday." So stupid sounding. Not sure what part of the country this is from but not a very well educated one.

I’ve lived all over and the only people I hear say it that way are middle-aged Black folks...of all socioeconomic statuses and geographic backgrounds. I always figured it was some part of AAVE.

If people are in a position of power or authority or on TV and can't speak grammatically correctly I stop caring about what they have to say. I wouldn't listen to good ol boy slang on TV either. Sounds dumb.

I stopped reading at grammatically correctly. Also, we still use punctuation in 2025.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

No no no! You mind money. On is unnecessary.

-Grammar Nazi

You mind your manners. You have something on your mind. Like money.

But that wouldn't by hygienic. You should never set something on your brain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind

It's not new.

No no no! You mind money. On is unnecessary.

-Grammar Nazi

I am actually a Grammar Nazi too, but that's Snoop Dogg you need to counsel.