Who's English is the best here?

[xotoxi]

 

[xotoxi]

 

[Pogo]

It looks like nobody knows the plural of "y'all."

I'll give this a few days to see if any true Texan's knows.

Once again --- as already posted --- if you mean "multiple instances of the word y'all" ... as in "how many y'alls are on this page".... then that's it: y'alls. Already asked, already answered.

If you mean 'what is the plural of a plural' ---- there's no such thing.

"What is the plural of clouds?"

You just don't include the fact that someone could use y'all to point just you and you demons in that or you and your com-padres.

Who ordered the word salad?

Damn, even ChipsAhoy puts better English sentences together than that.

 

[yiostheoy]

It looks like nobody knows the plural of "y'all."

I'll give this a few days to see if any true Texan's knows.

Interesting but grammatically atrocious inflection there son of God.

Very good !!

Your Greek is not bad !!

You are the first moron on this Forum who has noticed this correctly !!

I am Half-Greek and no moron. I am easily one of the most literate, if not the most literate poster on this forum. I can run circles around you in at least three languages, obviously including English.

And in wanking -- that is probably your forte.

Don't leave that off your resume too.

 

[Pogo]

I will throw my proverbial hat into the ring. In addition to my discerning perception, impeccable good taste, and extensive vocabulary, I am quite adept at spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Excellent use of the Oxford comma.

I also normally put a comma before the final conjunctive "and", "or", etc.

Doing so might save you millions of dollars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/oxford-comma-lawsuit.html?_r=0

Let's eat Grandma!

 

[RodISHI]

It looks like nobody knows the plural of "y'all."

I'll give this a few days to see if any true Texan's knows.

Once again --- as already posted --- if you mean "multiple instances of the word y'all" ... as in "how many y'alls are on this page".... then that's it: y'alls. Already asked, already answered.

If you mean 'what is the plural of a plural' ---- there's no such thing.

"What is the plural of clouds?"

You just don't include the fact that someone could use y'all to point just you and you demons in that or you and your com-padres.

Who ordered the word salad?

Damn, even ChipsAhoy puts better English sentences together than that.

That is what secretaries are for. An I never hit that status just hired them.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Please list all candidates. Foreigners are not counted, I want to speak pure American English

I'd Rather Be a Grammar Nazi Than Not See Grammar

For one thing, your title should be "Whose English Is the Best Here?" For another, American education is a fraud (obman); it only proves that the graduate can go four or more years without a job.

 

[RodISHI]

I will throw my proverbial hat into the ring. In addition to my discerning perception, impeccable good taste, and extensive vocabulary, I am quite adept at spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Excellent use of the Oxford comma.

I also normally put a comma before the final conjunctive "and", "or", etc.

Doing so might save you millions of dollars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/oxford-comma-lawsuit.html?_r=0

Let's eat Grandma!

That sounds a bit like an Arkansian to me.

 

[Meathead]

It looks like nobody knows the plural of "y'all."

I'll give this a few days to see if any true Texan's knows.

Interesting but grammatically atrocious inflection there son of God.

Very good !!

Your Greek is not bad !!

You are the first moron on this Forum who has noticed this correctly !!

I am Half-Greek and no moron. I am easily one of the most literate, if not the most literate poster on this forum. I can run circles around you in at least three languages, obviously including English.

And in wanking -- that is probably your forte.

Don't leave that off your resume too.

I'm sure you can't pick up a pencil with one hand, but could crush a Volkswagen with the other. (sorry, an old Woody Allan line)

 

[Pogo]

Note to Comrade Johnson --

"American English" as such suffers from various regional dialects.

There are the following (dialects) --

- Yankee New England-ish

- Bostonian

- Mid-Atlantic Philadelphian

- Southern Coastal

- Deep South

- Midwestern Chicagoan

- Intermountain

- Canadian - West Coast - Los Angelian

- Pidgin Asian-English (sub-Californian)

Formal journalistic/professional American English is probably not spoken anywhere, although if I had to give it a location I would say the Univ. of Md. only.

"Formal professional American English" --- insofar as there even is such a thing --- is spoken generally in broadcasting. With obvious exceptions that sound resultingly unprofessional, e.g. Chris Matthews.

And no Virginia, regional dialects are not something any language "suffers" from. They give it character. A trait that Standard Broadcast English consciously strives to eliminate.

 

[yiostheoy]

It's funny how British English is all fokked up just like their teeth.

The don't follow the Latin rules of subject/verb agreement very well if hardly ever.

Their spelling is more French than the rest of the English Speaking World.

And their pronunciation is more Irish than English.

Good to know.

Not relevant to the O/P's topic however.

Just good to know.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Me. You've already asked this and I've already told you.

Sure, sure, but I'd like several guys (and maybe some ladies) to copy so that I wouldn't sound like you completely

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Add some y'alls to your speech if you want real American and not that snooty yankee english stuff.

I actually put this onto a test for college students as a bonus question.

Only one girl from Dallas got the right answer:

"What is the plural of y'all?"

'
And Make the Yankees Pay for It!

Double-u (W) all?

 

[yiostheoy]

Note to Comrade Johnson --

"American English" as such suffers from various regional dialects.

There are the following (dialects) --

- Yankee New England-ish

- Bostonian

- Mid-Atlantic Philadelphian

- Southern Coastal

- Deep South

- Midwestern Chicagoan

- Intermountain

- Canadian - West Coast - Los Angelian

- Pidgin Asian-English (sub-Californian)

Formal journalistic/professional American English is probably not spoken anywhere, although if I had to give it a location I would say the Univ. of Md. only.

"Formal professional American English" --- insofar as there even is such a thing --- is spoken generally in broadcasting. With obvious exceptions that sound resultingly unprofessional, e.g. Chris Matthews.

I like Chris Matthews !!

I like Chuck Todd as well.

John Dickerson makes a lot of grammar/syntax mistakes and does not even know it.

 

[yiostheoy]

It looks like nobody knows the plural of "y'all."

I'll give this a few days to see if any true Texan's knows.

Interesting but grammatically atrocious inflection there son of God.

Very good !!

Your Greek is not bad !!

You are the first moron on this Forum who has noticed this correctly !!

I am Half-Greek and no moron. I am easily one of the most literate, if not the most literate poster on this forum. I can run circles around you in at least three languages, obviously including English.

And in wanking -- that is probably your forte.

Don't leave that off your resume too.

I'm sure you can't pick up a pencil with one hand, but could crush a Volkswagen with the other. (sorry, an old Woody Allan line)

I'm sure you can probably suck a golf ball through a garden hose Meathead -- but that like most of your comments is also off topic from the O/P.

 

[yiostheoy]

It looks like nobody knows the plural of "y'all."

I'll give this a few days to see if any true Texan's knows.

Once again --- as already posted --- if you mean "multiple instances of the word y'all" ... as in "how many y'alls are on this page".... then that's it: y'alls. Already asked, already answered.

If you mean 'what is the plural of a plural' ---- there's no such thing.

"What is the plural of clouds?"

You just don't include the fact that someone could use y'all to point just you and you demons in that or you and your com-padres.

Who ordered the word salad?

Damn, even ChipsAhoy puts better English sentences together than that.

Where in the fokk does a bright Yankee child like you Pogo pick-up a phrase like "Chips Ahoy" ??

You know that @Treefokker is from California and smokes weed morning, noon, and night (Oxford comma) don't you ?!

 

[Pogo]

It's funny how British English is all fokked up just like their teeth.

The don't follow the Latin rules of subject/verb agreement very well if hardly ever.

Their spelling is more French than the rest of the English Speaking World.

And their pronunciation is more Irish than English.

Good to know.

Not relevant to the O/P's topic however.

Just good to know.

Why would a Germanic language be following Latin rules then, hm?

And why would a Germanic language that's been layered over with French from the Norman daze never show the effects thereof ----- such as pluralizing with -s rather than the old -en --- e.g. y'alls rather than y'allen?

Hm?

I'm sure this is over your head at this point.

 

[Pogo]

Note to Comrade Johnson --

"American English" as such suffers from various regional dialects.

There are the following (dialects) --

- Yankee New England-ish

- Bostonian

- Mid-Atlantic Philadelphian

- Southern Coastal

- Deep South

- Midwestern Chicagoan

- Intermountain

- Canadian - West Coast - Los Angelian

- Pidgin Asian-English (sub-Californian)

Formal journalistic/professional American English is probably not spoken anywhere, although if I had to give it a location I would say the Univ. of Md. only.

"Formal professional American English" --- insofar as there even is such a thing --- is spoken generally in broadcasting. With obvious exceptions that sound resultingly unprofessional, e.g. Chris Matthews.

I like Chris Matthews !!

"Like" doesn't even enter into it. Matthews is my go-to example of a broadcaster who couldn't be bothered to learn Standard Broadcast English; the exception that proves the rule (exists).

 

[yiostheoy]

Comrade Johnson some of the insults being batted around this/your thread are among the most erudite I have seen anywhere.

Let us know if you have any questions about insulting others at the post graduate English level.

If you wanted to talk about forms of government however, by starting with "democracy" you are confusing us with the ancient Greeks.

Ancient Athens was a democracy.

The USA is a "democratic republic":

Democratic republic - Wikipedia

 

[yiostheoy]

Note to Comrade Johnson --

"American English" as such suffers from various regional dialects.

There are the following (dialects) --

- Yankee New England-ish

- Bostonian

- Mid-Atlantic Philadelphian

- Southern Coastal

- Deep South

- Midwestern Chicagoan

- Intermountain

- Canadian - West Coast - Los Angelian

- Pidgin Asian-English (sub-Californian)

Formal journalistic/professional American English is probably not spoken anywhere, although if I had to give it a location I would say the Univ. of Md. only.

"Formal professional American English" --- insofar as there even is such a thing --- is spoken generally in broadcasting. With obvious exceptions that sound resultingly unprofessional, e.g. Chris Matthews.

I like Chris Matthews !!

"Like" doesn't even enter into it. Matthews is my go-to example of a broadcaster who couldn't be bothered to learn Standard Broadcast English; the exception that proves the rule (exists).

When I listen to Mathews he is normally quite funny.

He is good at dissecting interviewees as well.

He gets to the point and does not mince words.

Great investigative journalist.

 

[xotoxi]

I will throw my proverbial hat into the ring. In addition to my discerning perception, impeccable good taste, and extensive vocabulary, I am quite adept at spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Excellent use of the Oxford comma.

I also normally put a comma before the final conjunctive "and", "or", etc.

Doing so might save you millions of dollars.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/oxford-comma-lawsuit.html?_r=0

Let's eat Grandma!

That sounds a bit like an Arkansian to me.

It sounds a little more Papua New Guinean to me.

In Arkansas, it would be: "Let's eat sister!"