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I talk properly because that's the way I was raised. There's a phonetic way to say every word.
I hate seeing and hearing my people talk improperly because it sounds like they have a speech impediment. What is even worse is when they mumble. I'm constantly saying, "Could you please repeat that?" or "Could you please enunciate?".
I like people to speak properly for several reasons - for one, when they use the netspeak like "u" for "you" and other such things, and sometimes they use so much, i have to read the paragraph twice to know what they mean. Or, they were not taught how to say "I bake a cake two days ago" (should be "baked"). Then i have to figure out that they meant they already did it. It can be confusing because it makes it seem like they are going to do it in the future.
The other thing is you should learn proper English and if you use slang, only use it in private. An employer is not going to think you are cool or cute when you use slang in the job interview. It does not look professional.
So let the haters be damned. It is your life. Are you going to let some idiot dictate your life? Let them be stupid and get a low class job, meanwhile, you are working in the nice office making $80,000 a year.
I like people to speak properly for several reasons - for one, when they use the netspeak like "u" for "you" and other such things, and sometimes they use so much, i have to read the paragraph twice to know what they mean. Or, they were not taught how to say "I bake a cake two days ago" (should be "baked"). Then i have to figure out that they meant they already did it. It can be confusing because it makes it seem like they are going to do it in the future.
The other thing is you should learn proper English and if you use slang, only use it in private. An employer is not going to think you are cool or cute when you use slang in the job interview. It does not look professional.
So let the haters be damned. It is your life. Are you going to let some idiot dictate your life? Let them be stupid and get a low class job, meanwhile, you are working in the nice office making $80,000 a year.
I speak proper English because that is how I was raised. It is easy for people to understand what I'm saying. It helped me get a job.
I was never the "cool kid". I was that kid who read books. I was considered "the weirdo" by so many kids. Socially, I was on the fringes in many ways in my middle school/high school years. The people I related to the most spoke proper English.
Wanted to bump this post as it is interesting to me. My hubby always spoke "proper" english, the funny thing is that the first time I spoke to him on the phone (we met online, and first chatted via text), I thought he was a white man in his 40s! But meeting him face to face, I was surprised to see a young, dashing 30 year old man! I mentioned to him how the way he spoke mislead me to thinking he wasn't black, since he didn't sound more..."urban". He is from a british colonized country, so he always spoke slang free, proper english (no trying to offend!) He shared with me how he would be "rejected" sometimes by african american guys, who said he spoke like he was "white"...so silly!
Wanted to bump this post as it is interesting to me. My hubby always spoke "proper" english, the funny thing is that the first time I spoke to him on the phone (we met online, and first chatted via text), I thought he was a white man in his 40s! But meeting him face to face, I was surprised to see a young, dashing 30 year old man! I mentioned to him how the way he spoke mislead me to thinking he wasn't black, since he didn't sound more..."urban". He is from a british colonized country, so he always spoke slang free, proper english (no trying to offend!) He shared with me how he would be "rejected" sometimes by african american guys, who said he spoke like he was "white"...so silly!
My then-future mother-in-law first heard me over the phone and thought I was white. Actually, I do have a bit of south-western drawl--I know I don't always pronounce a distinctly different "pen" from "pin," for instance, and I say "greazy."
Wanted to bump this post as it is interesting to me. My hubby always spoke "proper" english, the funny thing is that the first time I spoke to him on the phone (we met online, and first chatted via text), I thought he was a white man in his 40s! But meeting him face to face, I was surprised to see a young, dashing 30 year old man! I mentioned to him how the way he spoke mislead me to thinking he wasn't black, since he didn't sound more..."urban". He is from a british colonized country, so he always spoke slang free, proper english (no trying to offend!) He shared with me how he would be "rejected" sometimes by african american guys, who said he spoke like he was "white"...so silly!
You sound very ignorant.
Oh WOW.... not slang free, proper English! No way is he Black!!
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