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WCDT 29 Nov-3 Dec (1806-1810)
MightionNY:
Nice that Faye could make the room darken, but the light from her eyes wasn't all that bright. Maybe Cosette could give her Death Stare lessons. :) But, there's potential there. :D
Dr. ROFLPWN:
--- Quote from: zadojla on 30 Nov 2010, 21:51 ---
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 30 Nov 2010, 19:49 ---Likely, she uses a variant of Southern American English, where the rules are completely different and her wording is totally correct.
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I just spoke to my daughter the linguist about this, and here is the deal according to her:
A compound subject ("Sven and me") would take a plural verb ("were"), but in some dialects (American Southern!) there is something called "was-leveling". You've all heard it, it's when all tenses of a verb become the same as the third-person singular. "Officer, we was just headin' down to the general store."
I am now done boring you all with grammar. Seriously, two pages worth? What next? Can we, shall we, might we, talk about modal auxiliaries? They use double modals in Kentucky. "You might should go to the doctor."
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As the holder of a linguistics degree m'self (only bachelor's though) I am completely totally all about modal auxiliaries, hell yyyyyeeeeesssss
--- Quote from: Sharp on 30 Nov 2010, 18:28 ---
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 30 Nov 2010, 18:09 ---EDIT: HEARTILY AGREEING WITH SHARP'S ASSESSMENT ABOVE
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Much bro grabs are returned sir and also fuck yeah Professor Brothers
If I was not on my iPhone like a tool I would post glorious Washington, destroyer of enemies
tHEfOOL:
while god cannot stand the north because of the cold, evidently satan loves it
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: MightionNY on 30 Nov 2010, 22:31 ---Nice that Faye could make the room darken, but the light from her eyes wasn't all that bright. Maybe Cosette could give her Death Stare lessons. :) But, there's potential there. :D
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FTFY.
Sharp:
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 30 Nov 2010, 22:35 ---
--- Quote from: zadojla on 30 Nov 2010, 21:51 ---
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 30 Nov 2010, 19:49 ---Likely, she uses a variant of Southern American English, where the rules are completely different and her wording is totally correct.
--- End quote ---
I just spoke to my daughter the linguist about this, and here is the deal according to her:
A compound subject ("Sven and me") would take a plural verb ("were"), but in some dialects (American Southern!) there is something called "was-leveling". You've all heard it, it's when all tenses of a verb become the same as the third-person singular. "Officer, we was just headin' down to the general store."
I am now done boring you all with grammar. Seriously, two pages worth? What next? Can we, shall we, might we, talk about modal auxiliaries? They use double modals in Kentucky. "You might should go to the doctor."
--- End quote ---
As the holder of a linguistics degree m'self (only bachelor's though) I am completely totally all about modal auxiliaries, hell yyyyyeeeeesssss
--- Quote from: Sharp on 30 Nov 2010, 18:28 ---
--- Quote from: Dr. ROFLPWN on 30 Nov 2010, 18:09 ---EDIT: HEARTILY AGREEING WITH SHARP'S ASSESSMENT ABOVE
--- End quote ---
--- End quote ---
Much bro grabs are returned sir and also fuck yeah Professor Brothers
If I was not on my iPhone like a tool I would post glorious Washington, destroyer of enemies
--- End quote ---
I dunno if the forum allows embedding video, so this is the best I can provide ATM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA
"He's coming, he's coming, he's coming..."
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