"Why don't they talk 'Murican?"

in #liberty8 years ago

Sometimes it's expressed "Why don't they talk right?" or "Why can't they just learn to talk like us?"

Usually said by people whose grammar is atrocious.

Sometimes I think people see more evidence of intelligence and humanity in the look in a dog's face than in the conversations of people speaking a language they don't understand.

But they forget that window works both ways.

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Language is invented.
Then 'agreed upon' by a group.
There IS no 'right' , it's just 'common usage'.
...which constantly changes.

True, to a point. I know someone whose English grammar is so bad that they are often completely misunderstood. They can't get their point across and then get angry at the people who don't have a clue what they are trying to say... and she speaks no language except English.

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