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i comes from mexico. i wanta worky worky in the usa, i will worky worky reala cheapa. me wifa just hada an anchor baba, we be lika two peas in a poda,, canta waita till me wifa dropsa another anchor baba, we lova childrena whant to have big fimila and soka some big welfara to get big ana fata
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To quote another example, "Keep the government out of my medicare" made for a funny slogan. The person holding it would come across as incredibly foolish, but not as someone lacking credibility as a person and his/her opposition to something.
I don't usually associate a high level of credibility with people who appear very foolish. In this specific case the person clearly does not fully understand the issue(s) being protested - both foolish and lacking credibility.
i comes from mexico. i wanta worky worky in the usa, i will worky worky reala cheapa. me wifa just hada an anchor baba, we be lika two peas in a poda,, canta waita till me wifa dropsa another anchor baba, we lova childrena whant to have big fimila and soka some big welfara to get big ana fata
Welcalm tu yack in da box, mae I take choo ordah ? Woo choo like flies with that ?
Like saying, "I know my posts aren't always completely grammatical, mostly..." when it should be "I know my posts aren't always completely grammatically correct, mostly...."
I forgot to add: "grammatical" is an adjective (a word that modifies a noun, like the word "posts" for example) that means "well-formed; in accordance with the productive rules of the grammar of a language" (New Oxford American Dictionary). In other words, the word "grammatical" means "grammatically correct."
Again I don't generally make it my habit to go around policing people's grammar, but those who do should make sure to be correcting actual errors.
"Is it odd that those who rail the most against those who don't speak English seem to have the worst English grammar?"
"English" is being used twice to emphasize the fact that the language English-only proponents impose on other people is the very same language whose grammar they don't seem to be able to master.
That said, language isn't only about grammar. It's also about style.
A: "The blind leading themselves."
B: "The blind leading the blind."
Which gives a better idea of the meaning in that phrase? A or B?
At least we can still understand the person with bad grammar!
I be needing help! or "Yo tener que ayudar" ?????
Even with the bad grammar, you know the first one is a request for aid!!
Learn the frikkin' language of the land!!
I think that's the entire point of the thread. How can an illiterate person slam immigrants for not mastering the English language. Everyone in the US should learn English, but I can see how a recent arrival would have difficulty, there is no excuse for someone who was born here, none.
"Loss of virginity is rational increase, and there was never virgin got till virginity was first lost. "
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
Yes, because we all use Elizabethan English these days.
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