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Girl is not from Brooklyn. I was not from California. And plenty of people make a difference every day. An enormous difference. Astronomically more than this girl will ever make. Yet they don't feel the need to film it. She brings this on herself.
Where you are from, in idiomatic English, can mean where you were born, where you were raised or where you currently live and are established, depending on context. When that is not clear, one can specify by saying "Where I'm originally from".
Back in my day the NYC public schools taught one to be aware of the nuances of the English language.
She didn't say she was born and raised. Most people can assume that she's not from the area. So now you are on to technicalities. Obviously no one is feeling your hate. And you clearly wanted it to be a hate thread since the only two options are yes it is and indeed. See ya.
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Listen, I dunno if you're from the area or not. And I really don't care. I already explained that there is absolutely nothing wrong with folks moving anywhere in the world that they want to move to. But when little Meghan throws this video up on the interwebz, she's gonna catch some flak. Why this upsets you to the point of asking a mod to close the thread is comic genius. I hope you're not tearing up, friend...
Where you are from, in idiomatic English, can mean where you were born, where you were raised or where you currently live and are established, depending on context. When that is not clear, one can specify by saying "Where I'm originally from".
Back in my day the NYC public schools taught one to be aware of the nuances of the English language.
If you ask any normal, living person what "where you are from" means, it only means one thing. Where you were born and spent your formative years. Where you currently reside and if you are a "new yorker" or "californian" or "texan" is a completely different thing. You can stop with that...
If you ask any normal, living person what "where you are from" means, it only means one thing. Where you were born and spent your formative years. Where you currently reside and if you are a "new yorker" or "californian" or "texan" is a completely different thing. You can stop with that...
no sir. If Im at a conference in Chicago, and someone says "lets go around the room, and tell us your name and where you are from" The correct answer for me is probably "DC". If it were at a party while visiting Chicago, the answer would be "Northern Virginia, right near DC". OTOH at the seder I was at the other night, in Alexandria, I said I was from Brooklyn.
To have answered "from brooklyn" in the earlier two contexts would be confusing. "You're from brooklyn, oh, did you vote for Bloomberg" "Im ORGINALLY from brooklyn, I actually haven't lived there since Ed Koch was mayor"
no sir. If Im at a conference in Chicago, and someone says "lets go around the room, and tell us your name and where you are from" The correct answer for me is probably "DC". If it were at a party while visiting Chicago, the answer would be "Northern Virginia, right near DC". OTOH at the seder I was at the other night, in Alexandria, I said I was from Brooklyn.
To have answered "from brooklyn" in the earlier two contexts would be confusing. "You're from brooklyn, oh, did you vote for Bloomberg" "Im ORGINALLY from brooklyn, I actually haven't lived there since Ed Koch was mayor"
You even admitted yourself right there that the answer is "probably DC". You're not even sure if that is the right answer. The reason you said that is because it's not. You live in DC or NOVA, but you're from Brooklyn. Why not just say that? If someone brought up local elections, you just say "no I don't live there anymore" and move on. It takes 3 seconds.
She is from Baltimore, and currently resides in Brooklyn. She should have said she's from Baltimore, Maryland but to each his own.
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