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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in the South, and quite a few people say "I'm fixing to do this and that." I figured it's local, y'all. Same as in New England, where "I says" used to drive me nuts. We are speaking of academic environment, where Standard American English, i.e. the dialect of Grosse Pointe, MI, is expected to be used and taught. You want to hear it? Turn on CNN. Throughout the world, regardless of a specific language, a heavy regional accent is a sign of poor education. Love it, hate it, it is what it is.

I speak English with a noticeable foreign accent and go out of my way to compensate with correct grammar and usage (to the best of my knowledge). I don't want my child to be taught a regional accent. The school is meant to perpetuate a standard. What happens outside of school is another matter entirely.[/quote]

Wait, what? Who said that Standard American English = how people in Grosse Pointe talk? Why Grosse Pointe?

Also, I'm guessing that you haven't listened to the BBC lately. Regional accents galore.[/quote]

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