heres the story MSN
Did we change the constitution and I missed it? also unless I’m wrong theres not even been pure English since the 4 or 500s? and it was a personal convo anyways
and besides there in joisy the hell do they know bout English anyways ?
so id of walked out my self using every swear word in any language I remember …
The article is a little confusing – it doesn’t say when they were kicked out, just that they were reprimanded and that the teacher started ranting.
What language is ‘American’?
Can someone translate the OP to English for me?
That’s the one that can’t pronounce the 2nd ‘i’ in Aluminium, m’lud.
“American”? From an English teacher, no less.:smack: Are we sure this wasn’t written by Andy Borowitz?
Forget English, we need it translated into American!
Well, me for one is sick to tired of all dose immogrunts and dare funny talking. This America, and Mericans oughta talk like day are one. Dis is a yuuuge problem and we is gonna address it bigly!
I was working on a large project in China once. In order of number of native speakers we had; Chinese, German, Finnish, Swedish, and Americans. According to the project manager the official project language was bad English, because everybody spoke bad English, especially the Americans.
American language is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we need to alter it every six months.
If you’re the kind of person who gets upset when somebody else is speaking another language in “your” country, then it’s not enough for you to “defend” the English language. You have to tell them to speak American.
I was following along, albeit with difficulty, until “id of”, which one can only assume should HAVE been “I’d of”. Whenever I see that, it is like a hot poker to the eyeballs, and I immediately shut down.
In all fairness, there isn’t really a recognised way of writing the contraction for “I would have”. “I’d’ve” looks funny, though is closest to what we actually say?
I’d’ve is, indeed the version I use (and the correct one). I wouldn’t say it’s closest to what we actually say; it is what we actually say, though many people misspell it as “I’d of” because “I’d’ve” and “I’d of” are homophonic, and the double contraction trips people up.
The OP has form throughout his posts of completely disregarding ANY standards of orthography though. He is the worst long-term poster on these boards for this.
I’d have probably gone with “I’d have” and let the reader internalize the “ha” if he/she so desires.
Is there a distinction between “you guys” and “youse guys”?
“I’d of”?
You do realize, of course, that “of” is not a goddamn verb? It’s a preposition. I would of makes no sense whatsoever, in any language. Please explain to me what action you think the word “of” describes. Take your time. I’ll wait.
Here’s the video, either they’re walking out in anger or they got kicked out.
This “we were just having a conversation about the Yankees” smacks of innocent eye-batting.
It looks as though the teacher is pointing at the door near the end of the video, so it looks like a kicking-out.
What I don’t understand is why the teacher didn’t have a problem with them speaking in class, just that they were doing it in not-American.