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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:53 AM Original message |
Has the Standard American Dialect changed over the last 60 years? |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ithink its the difference between serious news and entertainment |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Of course. Languages are alive and changing. |
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sans qualia (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Don't forget Portuguese and Romanian |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. I don't think Catalan is a Latin derivative. |
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SariesNightly (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. Enunciation is going the way of the dodos pretty soon.. |
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morningglory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Like, you know, I'm like, wow... n/t |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. no way dawg; that's bunk fo sho! |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. yeah, daddy-o, I'm with you on that |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Like, the language has changed so much! |
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mark11727 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Lately I've been catching my 50-year-old self |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I, too, cringe when I catch myself saying "like" to mean "said" |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. So do I. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Sometime, I'm going to record my teenager for 24 hours. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. There is a major vowel shift occurring. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Language Evolves. |
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SariesNightly (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Seen "The Village"? |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It sounded really stilted, like bad scriptwriting |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. No, I haven't. Where's the setting? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I think so too. |
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TXlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Yes, I know language evolves |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Guess it's not. 50 years is a significant time in culture. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, it's like totally changed , ya know what I'm sayin? |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. And as you might expect, Television is in part responsible. |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Actors in Canada |
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