Southern accents, Eastern accents, Northern accents and Ebonics

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

That's what makes it almost futile to try and predict how English will change. It will change based on variables we can't really predict.



Oh, and Dunkin' Donuts' doughnuts are just plain awful.

Of course we can't predict how it will change, and quite frankly any changes that do happen, I think will be quite slow. But we can predict change based on history. According to a language historian, (I can't recall the name) but as I can remember I think there were like 180 irregular English verbs from Old, Middle and Modern English, and he estimated their frequency in everyday speech. He found that the less common a verb, the sooner it regularizes. In other words, irregular verbs that get used a lot remain irregular, in fact, the 10 most common English verbs are irregular. Anyway, from the 180 or so verbs that were tracked, around 75 of them have now regularized. So my question is what is to become of the remaining verbs? Look at the past tense verbs, and how some of them have changed gradually over the past 1200 years. Like in Middle English, I know the word helped was holp at one time, and now it's change into a totally different word with the same meaning. History will certainly repeat itself, and English will change as time goes on, it's just a matter of what the words will become.

And Dunkin' Donuts are the best!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

And Dunkin' Donuts are the best!

Clearly there is no point in trying to reason or have an intelligent discussion with you.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Clearly there is no point in trying to reason or have an intelligent discussion with you.

Well, at least you didn't bring up Krispy Kreme donuts. Yuk!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Well, at least you didn't bring up Krispy Kreme donuts. Yuk!

LOL. There's no need to bring them up -- obviously they are far, far superior to Dunkin' Donuts or to any other doughnut out there.

On a scale of 1-10, Krispy Kreme = 20, Dunkin' Donuts = -20.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Krispy Kreme = 20.

20 for 20 minutes to wash my hands after eating one.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

LOL. There's no need to bring them up -- obviously they are far, far superior to Dunkin' Donuts or to any other doughnut out there.

Oh, I forgot to ask about this. How are Krispy Yukies superior to Dunkin' Donuts when they only come in one flavor?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Oh, I forgot to ask about this. How are Krispy Yukies superior to Dunkin' Donuts when they only come in one flavor?

I think there is crack in Krisy Kreme donuts....

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I think there is crack in Krisy Kreme donuts....

lol maybe that's why they're so sticky and gross.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Oh, I forgot to ask about this. How are Krispy Yukies superior to Dunkin' Donuts when they only come in one flavor?

Kripy Kremes come in way more than one flavor!

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

Kripy Kremes come in way more than one flavor!

Oh, my yes. Although you just can't beat the original glazed - so light, unlike those BRICKS they serve at Yuckin' Doughnuts.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

Kripy Kremes come in way more than one flavor!

I only know of the glazed ones.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Well, at least you didn't bring up Krispy Kreme donuts. Yuk!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I think I might get banned for my Krispy Kreme bashing.

[christiangirl]

I grew up only speaking "Proper English." My mother was a teacher and nothing else was acceptable. I was still able to speak the dialect of my area (e.g., "That girl's hella dumb.") without technically stepping outside the perameters of proper grammar and syntax. It wasn't until I got to college that AAVE became a part of my language--going to a black school will do that for you. I also picked up different dialects as I stayed in various places; it all depends on the region of the person I'm speaking with. I use Bay Area vernacular when I'm home, southern vernacular with my college friends. My accent changes with each conversation, too. I had to develop "The Switch" as well, to be able to turn it on and off, depending on who I'm speaking with. I can't use my Virginia vernacular with cousins, they won't understand. As far as my posting on here, I often speak more "properly" in the general forums, but lean more toward AAVE with some southern slang in the Delta forum. I use a lot of my Bay Area slang in other sites I post on. I just all depends.

ETA: I don't like Dunkin' or Krispy. I prefer the local chain, Winchell's. There'll never be anything like it, so I typically don't eat donuts at all until I go home. So there.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

I grew up only speaking "Proper English." My mother was a teacher and nothing else was acceptable. I was still able to speak the dialect of my area (e.g., "That girl's hella dumb.") without technically stepping outside the perameters of proper grammar and syntax. It wasn't until I got to college that AAVE became a part of my language--going to a black school will do that for you. I also picked up different dialects as I stayed in various places; it all depends on the region of the person I'm speaking with. I use Bay Area vernacular when I'm home, southern vernacular with my college friends. My accent changes with each conversation, too. I had to develop "The Switch" as well, to be able to turn it on and off, depending on who I'm speaking with. I can't use my Virginia vernacular with cousins, they won't understand. As far as my posting on here, I often speak more "properly" in the general forums, but lean more toward AAVE with some southern slang in the Delta forum. I use a lot of my Bay Area slang in other sites I post on. I just all depends.

ETA: I don't like Dunkin' or Krispy. I prefer the local chain, Winchell's. There'll never be anything like it, so I typically don't eat donuts at all until I go home. So there.

Maybe do you mean speaking proper Ameican language and not true British English?