Re: Grammar

Ron Hammon wrote:
> 
> Holger Dansk wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:11:48 GMT, "Byron Canfield"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >"Holger Dansk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> 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.
> >
> > Haven't you noticed how many negroes say...
> > "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;
> 
> snip
> 
> Lol.  The "correct way" is the same as "ant"?  This is funny.  The
> "correct" way is NOT the same as "ant". 
>
*One* of the accepted pronunciations in the dictionary I looked at is
the same as for 'ant'.


> This is the only word, as far
> as I know, that blacks have right.  Why do you think that there is a "u"
> in there? 
>
I don't know why there's even a 'u'.