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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
But thats my point. I find the use of terms such as "da bomb' and "my bad" and "Dis" and "Fitty" (for 50) and so much more extremely vulgar. Could it be just pure laziness on the part of the speaker? Or can some words just not be properly spoken by some people? Yes, I remember the slang we used in the 60's. Cool. Bitchin'. I guarantee you I didn't use THAT word around my parents.....Oh my God I just realized........that was 40 years ago! Guess I"ll go crawl back into my cave. But before I go, let me just say, perhaps I reacted so strongly to this phrase at this time, because of the book I am currently reading.
"Chrome Yellow" by Aldous Huxley. This man literally takes my breath away with his phrasing of words. I am so thankful for the 'look-up' feature on the Kindle. Although I have always prided myself on my knowledge of words, I find myself using it at least every three pages. Again, stepping off the box.
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I little of both, I suppose. I could never completely understand why some people pronounced "ask" as "axe" .... I really thought there had to be something wrong with them.
Then I moved to Central Texas, where people pronounce words with no thought as to the letters, or the order in which those letters occur, in those words.
I'll give you a couple of examples. There is a river near my house. It is the Pedernales River. Ped-er-nal-es. So, naturally, that is pronounced (are you ready?) Perdinalis. Yup .... ped=per der=din and ales=alis. The name Buchanan? Pronounced BUCKanin. Fifty ... fitty. I've given up trying to decide if it's nature or nurture. Some people will sadly never speak English well, even though they were born and raised here (I mean really .... look who we have as a President ... the man can barely speak English at all). Others will (I hope) grow out of the need to speak English badly and learn to love the language.