HEATHER NEES, Pembroke Pines Said this on the Miami Herald (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10273860.htm?1c) web site
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I have been a faithful Herald subscriber for more than five years because the paper is informative without a lot of the political slant of others and generally well written. However, I am incensed over the Nov. 24 movie review It's time again to foist that annual Christmas jeer, which says that ''props'' must be given to actress Jamie Lee Curtis.
Props? Since when does your newspaper pander to the hip-hop, gangsta community? Props is urban slang for ''propers,'' slang for ''proper respect.'' I am trying to raise three children in this culturally diverse melting pot of South Florida, and as far as I can recall, proper English is still the spoken language of our country.
Ebonics, urban slang, Spanglish and all of the bastardizations of our accepted first language are contributing to the downfall of our civility as a nation. Acceptance of lack of command of the English language, as well as lack of etiquette, decency or proper attire, etc., contribute to the decay of our society, our morals and our ethics.
Please, do not give in to that acceptance. Continue to take the high road. It does not take any more effort or space to say that ''credit is due to Ms. Curtis'' than to resort to urban street language.
Sheyat dog, if this be de only thing bringin us down, we not so bad off after all huh....
oh wait...
Quote from: Nikoli VolkoffHEATHER NEES, Pembroke Pines Said this on the Miami Herald (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/10273860.htm?1c) web site
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I have been a faithful Herald subscriber for more than five years because the paper is informative without a lot of the political slant of others and generally well written. However, I am incensed over the Nov. 24 movie review It's time again to foist that annual Christmas jeer, which says that ''props'' must be given to actress Jamie Lee Curtis.
Props? Since when does your newspaper pander to the hip-hop, gangsta community? Props is urban slang for ''propers,'' slang for ''proper respect.'' I am trying to raise three children in this culturally diverse melting pot of South Florida, and as far as I can recall, proper English is still the spoken language of our country.
Ebonics, urban slang, Spanglish and all of the bastardizations of our accepted first language are contributing to the downfall of our civility as a nation. Acceptance of lack of command of the English language, as well as lack of etiquette, decency or proper attire, etc., contribute to the decay of our society, our morals and our ethics.
Please, do not give in to that acceptance. Continue to take the high road. It does not take any more effort or space to say that ''credit is due to Ms. Curtis'' than to resort to urban street language.
Sheyat dog, if this be de only thing bringin us down, we not so bad off after all huh....
oh wait...
Fuck that anti-slanging whackjob reject from the fucktard factory!
Jeez, even I'm not that much of a language Nazi!
Heather, lighten up! Language is a tool of communication, not control, sheesh!
Yeah but you know once you let the word "punkass" into your vocabulary, soon the barbarian hordes will infest the SUVs and golf courses. And then the country will be ruined for lace curtains everywhere.
For me, Hugh, it was "asshats".
Yes, this board has ruined me.
Quote from: EraPassingFor me, Hugh, it was "asshats".
Yes, this board has ruined me.
Yes. Asshats is a fine word to let bring you to ruin.
There are more such fine examples.
For me, it was "w00t". And yes, I use that word in everyday speech.
For me it was "A/S/L" and "Need SoW, plz snd tlz plzthnx!!!1!!!11!".
Hey gallimaufry, why don't you trepanate?
I bet the person who wrote that letter fucking hates Shakespeare.
And Shakespheare is considered modern english. Languages change and evolve.
English is the bastard son of a variety of different languages, its been influenced by different ethnicities for about as long as its actually been a language itself... I dont understand how people can be hardcore English purists and manage to keep a straight face.
Reminds me of the thing from Futurama where Leela is telling fry how quaint it is that he still says "ask" instead of "axe". Actually, that very mispronunciation is one of my pet peeves... kind of like how one of my room-mates says "Umber-Ella".
Quote from: Z¬?. . . Reminds me of the thing from Futurama where Leela is telling fry how quaint it is that he still says "ask" instead of "axe". Actually, that very mispronunciation is one of my pet peeves... kind of like how one of my room-mates says "Umber-Ella".
I was at the liberry on Wensday checking out books on nucular esplosions!!
ahahahahahahahaa.
Fool!
(does he not see the fnords?)
oh yeah? well, I'm going to the cafe to get some expresso!
oh, and then there's the fact that I live in a state where they make you check the letter "R" at the boahdah...you can't drive yah caah up heah 'less you agree not to use the lettah "ahhh" at the end of a word...unless the word is "vodker" or "Afriker"
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Amboolance
Sammich
Yall
Hella
Sumbitch
"hella" isn't ebonically derived...it originated with the west-coast skate-punk culture...I know this to be a fact becaue I am secretly Tony Hawk, and I invented the term "hella" when I landed my first fakie to judo...
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i was pleased to discover that when i used the word 'stabination' in an e-mail, the spell checker wanted to render it as 'stab nation' which i rather like also.
i'm guessing that the emperorship of 'stab nation' would be hotly contested on this forum?
*napalms the bishounen boy for correcting me*
you know, it's bad form to napalm Tony Hawk....
OK, OK, I give...what the hell does "bishounen" mean?
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Do a Google images search for "bishounen". From the results, I figure it means "girly man".
http://www.artificial-soul.net/test/bishounen/
Go here, Burdie. I want to know your results, too.
well, I'm either a villain or a sex magnet...there was one question I was too waffly on, and had to try both ways, and that one question made the difference between the two...that said, the first answer I picked made me a villain...
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Me = intellectual bishie.
apparently I'm a lone wolf.
That's... actually rather funny. I did the test trying to predict your answers, and I came up with "Villain", too, Burd.
well, that clinches it...I guess I'm not the sweetheart you thought I was...
truth be told, given a choice between the two, I'd pick sex magnet over villain...though, apparently, the test thinks differently...
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You are, too, a big sweetie.
*ruffles his hair*
dude!
why do girls always gotta fuck with my hair?
:x
'Cause ooh's a cootsie-wootsie li'l Turdie Burdie! Ookums gots the cootest li'l hair and I gotta just ruffle dat pwetty hair and cuddle da ookie pookie poo! Ye-es! Hoo's a coot boy? Turdie Burdie's a coot boy, yes he is.
*ruffles it some more*
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why do girls always gotta fuck with my hair?
:x
Anyone ever cut it? (I don't trust her with scissors anymore)
Quote from: EraPassing'Cause ooh's a cootsie-wootsie li'l Turdie Burdie! Ookums gots the cootest li'l hair and I gotta just ruffle dat pwetty hair and cuddle da ookie pookie poo! Ye-es! Hoo's a coot boy? Turdie Burdie's a coot boy, yes he is.
*ruffles it some more*
gah! weirdo!
*spends next 20 minutes preening every strand, loop, and curl back into its proper place*
*watches, then reaches out and fucks it up again*
*then napalms him for calling me a weirdo*
Quote from: Turd Fergusondude!
why do girls always gotta fuck with my hair?
:x
standard procedure, didn't you read the handbook?
Quote from: EraPassing*watches, then reaches out and fucks it up again*
*then napalms him for calling me a weirdo*
hah!
now look what youv'e done!
I am no longer "coot turdie-burdie", as you have
burned my face beyond recognition...I hope you're happy...now I am forced to choose the path of "villain", and the world will know only suffering at my behest!
Oooh, sexy!
Loking at the first question on that quiz, "you see a pretty girl in a secluded section of the park." Considering this is Japanese Anime, why is there no option for "rape her with eldrich tentacles"?
I figured they were just assuming that was the end result, and they just wanted to know how I'd get to that point...
QuoteI was at the liberry on Wensday checking out books on nucular esplosions!!
Tsk, tsk....everyone knows the proper spelling is "asplode."
:lol:
Give me liberty or give me deaf.
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Tsk, tsk....everyone knows the proper spelling is "asplode."
:lol:
I faled. :cry:
QuoteI faled. Crying or Very sad
They're their....its oh que.
:)
wut thee hel iz rawng wif yew peepul?
Nuffink.
The nukular bawmbs are leaking raydiashun.
wel att lees yew halve anne eksqueuece fore hau yew spel.
BEEOTCH.
I know, it was obvious, so fuck me!
like totally, whatever.