In high school we were taught that a particular language has formal rules of grammar. These rules describe how the language would be used in formal settings or legal documents and literature. We were also taught that the formal rules of language can often be violated and that this is perfectly acceptable. The language in question is "afrikaans". A distinction is made between proper afrikaans (very formal and correct) and so called AB (algemeen beskaafde) afrikaans. AB afrikaans is the way it is spoken. algemeen beskaafde = generally civilized As long as you use "generally civilized" English it's fine. We're all just writing in the way we speak. This is acceptable in language studies. English is not my first langauge so if I violated any grammar rules, I wish to apologize in advance.
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti Doe- a deer, a female deer Ray- a drop of golden sun Me- a name i call myself Far- a long long way to run Sew- a needle pulling thread La- a note to follow so Tea- a drink with jam and bread That will bring us back to "do"
Dough…the stuff that buys me beer Ray, the guy who sells me beer Me, the one who drinks the beer Far, a long run to get beer So, I’ll have another beer La…I’ll have another beer Tea, no thanks I’m drinking beer Which will bring us back to... (notes empty wallet) D'oh!
Your English is better than most of the native speakers around here. English is interesting in that we don't have formal and intimate forms, as do many other languages. We also don't have gendered nouns, prefixes, or suffixes. English is essentially a pidgin language developed by merging three different groups of people on one small island. Most of the formalities were dropped, but in return we inherited a huge vocabulary. Tom
I kinda like your avatar... When I was a young newly wed in the Army living at Belton Lake, we had one that used to come and play with our Terrier... they were buddies... and a couple of months before I left there for good it had become familiar enough with us that it would come up to our feet and not jump straight up and run away or make the clicking sound. It liked to share the canned dogfood... he waited for the dog to get there too before he'd start eating from the bowl... we always thought it was kinda cute.
I am soo tired of talking about this topic. I guess you reap what you so. (and notice how I added the extra "o" to "so" in order to add emphasis and weight like the word "too")
Bad grammar and careless spelling give me a headache. Moral indignation on the rise! Feeling this way gives away my age, I think. And a spell-checker won't help bad grammar or use of "wrong" words. I once saw a 7th grade science paper about an insect but instead it was about "incest". Only thing to do after shrieks of laughter was to suggest the kid do a "replace all" with the correct word.
