Grammar Apologetics

[Ellenita]

*sigh*........colonials......

Need I remind you all (that's y'all for the Texans here) again that none of you speak the Queen's English as she should be spoken.....

[Colleen]

Sorry, I just had to:

[i]Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
This verbal class distinction by now should be antique.
If you spoke as she does, sir,
Instead of the way you do,
Why, you might be selling flowers, too.
An Englishman’s way of speaking absolutely classifies him,
The moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him.
One common language I’m afraid we’ll never get.
Oh, why can’t the English learn to set
A good example to people whose English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely disappears.
In America, they haven’t used it for years!
Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
Norwegians learn Norwegian; the Greeks have taught their Greek.
In France every Frenchman knows his language fro “A” to “Zed”
The French never care what they do, actually, as long as they pronounce
in properly.
Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning.
And Hebrews learn it backwards, which is absolutely frightening.
But use proper English you’re regarded as a freak.
Why can’t the English,
Why can’t the English learn to speak?[/i]

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[Iacobus]

LOL!

[homeschoolmom]

:crackup:

[DancesforLove]

LOL we can tell all of ya'll "ain't from around here" because yall stand out a bit lol