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I'm creating this thread to post unofficial but often spoken forms of English.
I've become more councious about language lately because I've started to learn Spanish and read Middle English texts. Now that I'm payin more attention ta the way I and others talk I'm convincest offical English Grammar and Vocab needs to change ta better reflect the way we talk. There's grammar and vocab rules we English speakers follow that aren't written in our grammar books.
Here's a good example I've already become aware of: Our four 2nd person pronouns: "You', "Chu', "Cha', and "Ya'.
Some of these 2nd person pronouns replace "to be' verbs in their sentences and so change the whole structure of sentences.
If you're a native English speaker or have spoken with native speakers for years you'll be able ta understand this.
"Cha' is used in questions that start with the word "What'.
"What cha gonna do about it?'
Instead of: "What are you gonna do about it?'
"What cha doin?'
Instead if: "What are you doing?'
"Ya' can also replace the "to be' in its question sentence. This is the only phrase I could think of where "ya' is used.
"How ya doin?'
Instead of: "How are you doing?'
"Chu' is used in questions, when the "other'(2nd person?) is receiving an action, and in commands starting with "Dont'. Questions where the 2nd person pronoun is preceded by "Did' usually use "chu'.
"How'd chu do that?'
Instead if: "How did you do that?
"Did chu eat my chips?'
Instead of: "Did you eat my chips?'
"Don't chu even think about it'
Or maybe just "Don't even think about it?'
When the "other'(2nd person) is receiving an action we use "chu' but when the "other'(2nd person) is committing the action we use "you'.
"I kicked chu'
"He kicked chu'
"We kicked chu'
"They kicked chu'
"You kicked me'
"You kicked him'
"You kicked us'
"You kicked them'
Say phrases to yourself where the "other'(2nd person) receives the action and where he comitts the action if you don't believe me this is a legitimate law in the English language. Sometimes we do use "you' instead of "chu', but I'm confident we usually say "chu'.
Here are other grammar/vocab rules that I think might be more than nonsense slang.
>The dropping of the "g' sound in (forgot name)verbs and somethin(g). Examples: Doin, runnin, jumpin.
>"Ta' instead of "To'. "Da' instead of "do'.
>"-a' added to the end of a word insteada "of'. Examples: Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda Mighta.
>Replacement of "-er' in adjectives with "-a'. Examples: "runna', "puncha'.
I'll think of more examples later. Different accents of course have different unofficial forms of English. I think "Y'all' for example should be treated as correct grammar.
The examples I listed are very common in at least the United States. They're important parts of our dpoken English but not our written English.
I've become more councious about language lately because I've started to learn Spanish and read Middle English texts. Now that I'm payin more attention ta the way I and others talk I'm convincest offical English Grammar and Vocab needs to change ta better reflect the way we talk. There's grammar and vocab rules we English speakers follow that aren't written in our grammar books.
Here's a good example I've already become aware of: Our four 2nd person pronouns: "You', "Chu', "Cha', and "Ya'.
Some of these 2nd person pronouns replace "to be' verbs in their sentences and so change the whole structure of sentences.
If you're a native English speaker or have spoken with native speakers for years you'll be able ta understand this.
"Cha' is used in questions that start with the word "What'.
"What cha gonna do about it?'
Instead of: "What are you gonna do about it?'
"What cha doin?'
Instead if: "What are you doing?'
"Ya' can also replace the "to be' in its question sentence. This is the only phrase I could think of where "ya' is used.
"How ya doin?'
Instead of: "How are you doing?'
"Chu' is used in questions, when the "other'(2nd person?) is receiving an action, and in commands starting with "Dont'. Questions where the 2nd person pronoun is preceded by "Did' usually use "chu'.
"How'd chu do that?'
Instead if: "How did you do that?
"Did chu eat my chips?'
Instead of: "Did you eat my chips?'
"Don't chu even think about it'
Or maybe just "Don't even think about it?'
When the "other'(2nd person) is receiving an action we use "chu' but when the "other'(2nd person) is committing the action we use "you'.
"I kicked chu'
"He kicked chu'
"We kicked chu'
"They kicked chu'
"You kicked me'
"You kicked him'
"You kicked us'
"You kicked them'
Say phrases to yourself where the "other'(2nd person) receives the action and where he comitts the action if you don't believe me this is a legitimate law in the English language. Sometimes we do use "you' instead of "chu', but I'm confident we usually say "chu'.
Here are other grammar/vocab rules that I think might be more than nonsense slang.
>The dropping of the "g' sound in (forgot name)verbs and somethin(g). Examples: Doin, runnin, jumpin.
>"Ta' instead of "To'. "Da' instead of "do'.
>"-a' added to the end of a word insteada "of'. Examples: Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda Mighta.
>Replacement of "-er' in adjectives with "-a'. Examples: "runna', "puncha'.
I'll think of more examples later. Different accents of course have different unofficial forms of English. I think "Y'all' for example should be treated as correct grammar.
The examples I listed are very common in at least the United States. They're important parts of our dpoken English but not our written English.