Re: Grammar

"Holger Dansk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 09:54:57 -0600, Ron Hammon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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".  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?  Before the war, "House niggers" spoke proper English in the
> >fine mansions of the very wealthy.  Lower-class rednecks said "ant",
> >"ain't", and "aunt" the same way.  The word, "aunt" is the legacy of
> >that time when some blacks spoke far, far better than most whites.
>
> Hog doo doo.
>
> Holger

Such an intelligent refutation when the facts don't support your
preconceived
notions. Yeah, just toss 'em out; reality must be adusted for your sake.


-- 
"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