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Language Edition Greetings and salutations, my fine minion horde. I know I've put you all on a paid leave of absence, but if you could spare a few moments from feasting on human flesh, or whatever you get into while I'm not around, I would greatly appreciate it. I recently had a discussion with a dear friend about the proper pronunciation of certain words which we use here in this country. Today in a store, I also happened to pick up a book, and read a portion written by Mr. Mark Twain. It dealt with the exact same topic, and that clinched the deal for me to write about it myself. Some folks become highly agitated when they hear a word pronounced incorrectly according to their regional tongue. I have a few personal favorites myself. I chuckle to myself when somebody in a restaurant orders a gyro, and pronounces it as if it's the prefix of gyroscope, instead of ye-raw, or gee-rah. You can tell which words are a person's pet peeve, when their voice takes on an entirely different accent for just one word during in the middle of a sentence. This is most notable to me when somebody of Italian decent, utters a complete sentence, with a single word in the middle greatly exaggerated... Like mozzarella. They will say, "Oh dear, I need to go back to the store and get a pound of Mhut-Za-RELL! for supper tonight." They may even throw in some wild hand gestures just for that one word. It's even more humorous when the person isn't actually italian. The fact of the matter is though, that we have developed our own version of a language here in the U.S. It's base may well be english, but it differs from what people in England speak a great deal. Even The King's English is made up of aspects of Latin, Spanish, Greek, and a host of older tongues. I would like to start a movement to have what we speak here in the states referred to as Statesian. Statesian would be a more fitting moniker than the often used "American" that some people of redder necks demand people to speak. We here in the states use the term Americans unjustly I believe. Canadians, and Central and South Americans, are all technically "Americans", and yet the folks in the lower half of North America have monopolized the term American. Something manufactured in Chile could technically be stamped, "Made in America". Statesian is the most appropriate term I can think of for the unique and ever-changing form of english we speak here. I would greatly appreciate it if everybody could begin demanding foreigners to, "Speak Statesian!", whenever they hear some people babbling away in a foreign language, like english. BEAST OUT |
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Ameriglish? Nah... sounds like a STD. Stick with yours. karlbloggerfeld - Dry-humping your legs since 2007.
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Ameriglish? Nah... sounds like a STD. Stick with yours.
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"Statesian" just doesn't roll off the tongue like America...besides, prehaps there was a huge meeting of representitives from all the "America's" and nobody else wanted the name. Fair enough for us in the middle to do so.  "Statesian" doesn't even fit into the song...it just doesn't ring right. Sorry Beastie...I just can't do it.  I make mistakes, I am out of control & at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. ~Marilyn
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"Statesian" just doesn't roll off the tongue like America...besides, prehaps there was a huge meeting of representitives from all the "America's" and nobody else wanted the name. Fair enough for us in the middle to do so. "Statesian" doesn't even fit into the song...it just doesn't ring right. Sorry Beastie...I just can't do it.
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statesian is pretty good. yankee speak maybe. i hate pronounciation nazis and try my best to only do it with my daughters name.
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