"To be" or not "to be"
- Thread starter ORChick
- Start date
Blackbird
Goat Whisperer
I used to have a teacher that always said "If you talk, type, or write like a caveman, I'm going to treat you like one." Funny how we've sort of resorted back to a mess of syllables.
I admit, I use BRB and LOL.
I admit, I use BRB and LOL.
mandieg4
Lovin' The Homestead
I think it is a Southern thing. My DH and kids talk like that. The South is notorious for being lazy with our speech and leaving out syllables or words.ORChick said:
FarmerChick
Super Self-Sufficient
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2008
- Messages
- 11,417
- Reaction score
- 14
- Points
- 248
I saw "mf" a few times on a game site I play every now and then and thought "moth'afu....." well it means my friend oops lol
- Thread starter
- #25
Well I guess my DH is right ... I really am a Luddite, and a founding member of the Flat Earth Society. The world, and language will shift whether I care or not, so it is easier if I don't pay much attention I suppose. I see myself becoming a confused old woman in the not so distant future, but I'll try not to let it bother me 
Hattie the Hen
Lovin' The Homestead
ORChick said:Well I guess my DH is right ... I really am a Luddite, and a founding member of the Flat Earth Society. The world, and language will shift whether I care or not, so it is easier if I don't pay much attention I suppose. I see myself becoming a confused old woman in the not so distant future, but I'll try not to let it bother me
Oh ORchick, I am that confused old woman.......plus I'm over here in the UK, where our version of English is very different anyway. Sometimes I sit for a long time trying to work out what is meant by these jumbles of letters etc & finally have to Google them......!! But then I remind myself that language is always changing and people have always complained about it......so I just laugh. After all I am not going to be around much longer..... !!
Hattie
aggieterpkatie
Swiss Army Wife
I notice the lack of "to be" sometimes, but what really gets me in this rural area is people say "down to" a lot. I would say, "They have Slurpees at 7-11". My husband would say, "They have Slurpees down to the 7-11." I don't know why they add that in, but everyone from around here (the Eastern Shore of MD) says that. I'm from Southern MD on the western side of the state, and nobody says that.
