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I don't think it's technically proper English. It's just a way that some people in some parts of the US sometimes speak. At least, that's what I, as a Canadian,

by rpeden 10y ago

I don't think it's technically proper English. It's just a way that some people in some parts of the US sometimes speak. At least, that's what I, as a Canadian, have noticed during a lifetime of watching US TV shows. Now that I think about it, maybe it's a TV-only thing? I can't say I've ever observed a real live American say it. To read it more easily, try removing the word 'here'.

andybak 10y ago
> I don't think it's technically proper English We've got ourselves a linguistic prescriptivist here, folks... String him up. ;-)
- arethuza 10y ago
  From my own native dialect of English you could simply tell him to "haud yer wheesht".
  - logfromblammo 10y ago
    It's the proper thing to do for one with an "arsoot th'windeh"?
throwanem 10y ago
It's a feature of the Southern and Texan dialects, and appears occasionally in AAVE, mostly among older speakers. As a Southron, it's fairly natural for me to say it, but since that dialect marks low status most places outside its home region, I generally code-switch into acrolect, so you wouldn't hear me say it. The same is true for most other Southrons I've known outside the South - especially those of us who can't or won't shake the accent, and have social or professional reason to avoid being perceived as a dumb redneck. (Sometimes that happens anyway, but one doesn't help oneself by making it more likely.)
- mercer 10y ago
  > Southron > acrolect I just learned two new words, and I like words. Thanks!
  - throwanem 10y ago
    You are most welcome!
- projektfu 10y ago
  I think you can make it into an oddly useful personality trait, where you can say things that get remembered. Instead of "If we can't get this software to handle the load we'll have to rewrite it," you get to say, "Wall, shucks, if we can't git this mule to cross the river, we gon' have to find us another mule."
  - throwanem 10y ago
    Not really. Sounding like a redneck is good for a laugh, but otherwise generally counterproductive in professional settings outside the South.

by rpeden 10y ago

andybak 10y ago

> I don't think it's technically proper English We've got ourselves a linguistic prescriptivist here, folks... String him up. ;-)

arethuza 10y ago
From my own native dialect of English you could simply tell him to "haud yer wheesht".
- logfromblammo 10y ago
  It's the proper thing to do for one with an "arsoot th'windeh"?

throwanem 10y ago

It's a feature of the Southern and Texan dialects, and appears occasionally in AAVE, mostly among older speakers. As a Southron, it's fairly natural for me to say it, but since that dialect marks low status most places outside its home region, I generally code-switch into acrolect, so you wouldn't hear me say it. The same is true for most other Southrons I've known outside the South - especially those of us who can't or won't shake the accent, and have social or professional reason to avoid being perceived as a dumb redneck. (Sometimes that happens anyway, but one doesn't help oneself by making it more likely.)

mercer 10y ago
> Southron > acrolect I just learned two new words, and I like words. Thanks!
- throwanem 10y ago
  You are most welcome!
projektfu 10y ago
I think you can make it into an oddly useful personality trait, where you can say things that get remembered. Instead of "If we can't get this software to handle the load we'll have to rewrite it," you get to say, "Wall, shucks, if we can't git this mule to cross the river, we gon' have to find us another mule."
- throwanem 10y ago
  Not really. Sounding like a redneck is good for a laugh, but otherwise generally counterproductive in professional settings outside the South.