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Originally Posted by Sparrow
I've noticed US interviewees we hear have taken to saying 'so...' at the start of answers - what's all that about?? 
And Australians say 'aw look...' at the start of theirs!
The world's going bonkers! |
It's about bad grammar! Perhaps that's about bad education... Many of us remember Bill Cosby as both stand-up comedian and TV actor. Some of us are aware that in his later life he went back to school and received his Ph.D in Education and has devoted his life to teaching kids. Here is part of a recent rant of his;
"They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English.'
I can't even talk the way these people talk:
Why you ain't,? Where you is,? What he drive,? Where he stay,? Where he work,? Who you be...?
And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk.
Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth. In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living. People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around....
Dr. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.
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err... umm... ahh... err... like... so... totally... I start a lot of my written sentences with 'but.' This used to drive my English teachers crazy. It simply wasn't permitted. And... I begin a lot of my sentences with 'and!' Probably gets some folks reading this gritting their teeth. 'course... I cld txt u b4 taking the time to write full words... What a wonderful world.
Stitchawl