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!