Good Grammar... please come back

[INQUISITOR63]

Is it I ( Not is it Me !)....or ........... are there any other people out there ......who hate/s bad grammar ? ------{ perhaps that should be.... "is there ....people" ( sing noun )...but it doesnt sound right.}
it is so prevalent these days especially on the telly. Even news readers say "I was SAT there, or I was STOOD there instead of, what we were all taught at school , i.e. "seated" and "Standing". The BBC announcers are no exception to this either. --- what a dreadful inheritance this is from what was always regarded as the pillar of English excellence.
Perhaps its because so many interfering govt education departments have seen in their wisdom to eradicate all proper grammar from school curricula over so many years. Also when we were greeted with "how are you?" we always said "fine thank you ". where /when did this Americanism crawl in from ? -- " Im good !" Surely this latter was meant to signify how excellent you were at something ......... but certainly not Grammar , it seems .

[mike11111]

OK, Mark, point taken. However 'either' can be pronounced as 'eether' or 'eyether'. I prefer the latter as being more correct, thus not falling within the rule.

[mike11111]

Me go shop now, buy booze and fags.

[wolf63]

Is youse still speeking about gramma and spelling? Youse is all eejits.

[mike11111]

Mark is right about being perfectly understood in English from a very restricted vocabulary, although this can sometimes lead to long-winded expressions. I understand that in the pidgin English of the South Sea islands, the Duke of Edinburgh is known as, "Big Fella, him belong Missis Kween".

[thedaveformula]

This is modern Britain, languages change. It's what people say and what they mean that counts - as long as the message is transmitted clearly and understood accurately then that's all that really matters. There's no use in getting worked up about it, I think you'll find that the Britain of the past where we all spoke perfect English is a piece of patchwork idealism. The BBC may have used received pronunciation and accurate grammar in the 1950s, for example, but the rest of the country was not.

"I was stood on" and "I was sat" is more true to how people were speaking in East London, Liverpool, Manchester and across the country even as far back as the turn of the 20th century. Regarding "I'm good", it's just a fashionable thing to say at the moment, that's all. People *know* it's not correct grammar but it sounds cool to the youth on the street, that's all.

[DTCwordfan]

I did read that it is possible to speak a foreign language and at least, or just, be understood with a minimum of 500 words - guess this also applies to English.

[ludwig]

// Yesterday he no go school
Today he no go school
Tomorrow he no go school //

That why he grammar crap.

[tiggerblue10]

The yoof of today has got lots to say.

[wildwood]

Only last sunday we were greeted by a grandson with "Yo fossils, wassup".

Mrs.WW soon 'put him right'.

[naomi24]

No matter how I try, I can't find a second syllable in weird.

[NazNomad]

Mike will be here in a sec, getting his dipthong in a twist, lol.

He's saying it 'wee-ird' ... I can't recall ever hearing it spoken in two syllables by anyone with English as their first language.

[naomi24]

Except perhaps by those who enjoy getting their dipthong in a twist. ;o)

[tiggerblue10]

I like the word diphthong. I think I'll use it more often in conversation. And of course it has two sillybulls in it.

[naomi24]

Haaaa! Are you sure about that tigger?

[NazNomad]

I've used 'umlaut' in everyday conversation, I won't be adding 'diphthong' to my repertoire, lol.

[hogbody]

Tiggerblue10, it's not a taurus ;-)

[tiggerblue10]

It'll give the illusion that I'm clever.

[tiggerblue10]

And possibly strange.