Quote Originally Posted by jamstigator
I'm occasionally a grammar Nazi, although I try to restrain myself. I learned in history in college that when a civilization is due for collapse, the collapse is almost always preceded by extreme bastardization of the language spoken. So when I see English getting bastardized, well, ya gotta wonder, is our time almost over now too?

As far as bra, bro and dude go, I'm old, so I'm still a 'dude' dude. Heh.

Sadly, I recall conversations back in high school that consisted of using different inflictions of 'dude'.

Stoner: dude
Pothead: dood
Stoner: duude!
Pothead: doooo'd
Stoner: dood?
Pothead: dewd

etc etc...

Hey Jam...I'm thinking television and radio have gone and changed the rules quite a bit about what sort of slangs enter into the mainstream...speech by osmosis is practically unavoidable.

If you've ever been to a region/place that has an accent far outside your own...eventually...in short order at that...you've gone and begun sounding a bit like the locals.


Yo WeedGremblin...ya ya...all in good fun yo. One doesn't become a pro ball buster without getting their own bounced around along the way.

Nearly creeped me out when ya asked if I had been molested by an English teacher!
slowthestone Reviewed by slowthestone on . When did 'brah' replace 'bro' which replaced 'dude' ? 'Dude' is okay...it's an actual word. 'Bro' is okay...it's a hyphenated word thats been in wide use for decades. But this 'brah' business...yeah, that one really is...stupid. It sounds stupid. It's even spelled stupidly. I'm not going to say people that use it are stupid...prolly just your typical 'whats trendy today' type of person thats emulating the behavior of others. I mean really...who besides Jackie Chan would make it sound like, 'whats up my brahtha?' Rating: 5