Re: Grammar

"Holger Dansk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:11:48 GMT, "Byron Canfield"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >"Holger Dansk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 17:24:14 -0800, Joni Rathbun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >In my district, immigrant children for whom English is a second
> >> >language score higher on reading/language arts measures than native
> >> >born African Americans.
> >>
> >> Many native born African Americans (negroes) don't seem to be able to
> >> learn how to pronounce English even though negroes have been in this
> >> country for a couple of hundred years.
> >>
> >The operative words there are "don't seem" -- which is merely a statement
> >regarding your preception, nothing more.
>
> Well, what's your perception?

Doesn't matter. My perception is not an indication of what is and what is
not possible for others; only what is possible and not possible for me. The
same is true for you.

>  Haven't you noticed how many negroes say,
> "foh" for four, "poelice" for police, "Presidennnt" for President,
> "Aunt" pronounced to rhyme with "up" and "but" instead of the correct
> way which rhymes with "cat" and "man", and is pronounced the same as
> ant; "incidennnt" for incident, "evidennnce" for evidence, "weck" for
> work, "acks" for ask, "paymennnt" for payment, "Eyerock" for Iraq.  The
> "I" in Iraq rhymes with the ones in "in" and "hit", and the "a" in Iraq
> rhymes with the ones in "cat" and "man".  These are just a few examples.
> The list is very long.

So?

Most people in the south, regardless of skin color, don't pronounce English
correctly. Nor do most people in Canada, eh?
>
> Holger
>
> "Liberals hate America, they hate flag-wavers, they
> hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions
> except Islam, post 9/11. Even Islamic terrorists
> don't hate America like Liberals do. They don't have
> the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have
> indoor plumbing by now."

Flag wavers are not patriots -- they are nationalists -- there's a BIG
difference. A nationalist's viewpoint can be summed up with the tired old
stupid saws "America -- love it or leave it" and "America -- right or
wrong." The patriot's viewpoint is "America -- love what's right about it;
fix what's wrong."


-- 
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world:
those who understand binary numbers and those who don't."
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Byron "Barn" Canfield