Being Young In The Trucking Industry Can Be A Pain!

NONE of Y'all speak English... you all speak Americanese!

It is Websters fault, he filled his dictionary with spelling mistakes :D

NONE of Y'all speak English... you all speak Americanese!

It is Websters fault, he filled his dictionary with spelling mistakes :D

And yet you seem to write in perfect americanese. Anyone who knows the difference will tell you that English is a *******ize language. I think someone said that if you actually were to break the English language down to its base form you would have at least 10 to 15 different languages showing up. The numbers could be higher. But I think that co.es mostly from back in the day when this country was being formed and everyone was an immigrant.

Not perfect americanese, I put too many "U"s in, S and Z are switched around a bit and the word choice/grammar is slightly off.

But yeah, English is a language which positively delights in luring unsuspecting other languages into alleys and mugging them for whatever words look interesting.

It does mean one can shade meanings in English far more by using words with the same base meaning but drawn from several different languages providing fine shades of nuance.

Not perfect americanese, I put too many "U"s in, S and Z are switched around a bit and the word choice/grammar is slightly off.

But yeah, English is a language which positively delights in luring unsuspecting other languages into alleys and mugging them for whatever words look interesting.

It does mean one can shade meanings in English far more by using words with the same base meaning but drawn from several different languages providing fine shades of nuance.

While gestures and facial expressions are nothing new with any language we have words like hear and here. Where and ware and wear. Sounds the same but very different meanings.

Then you have statements that are totally different meanings but look the same.....dependent totally on the affliction added to certain parts of the sentence. For example....

I put my wife in the car and drove her all night long.......

I put my wife in the car and "drove" her all night long.....

The first one is innocent cause you were driving her around. The second one is sexual because I stressed "drove".

But it's easier just to say "I did the wild thing in the back of the car." While crude to some people its straight to the point.

Since I grew up speak our version of English I think I know it pretty well. Oh sure there are words I have never heard of that require a Masters Degree just to be able to say it correctly but for those people I will only offer one face punch per syllable of each word they say.

Then there are words like "cleave" and "dust" that are their own antonyms - silly English.

Then there are words like "cleave" and "dust" that are their own antonyms - silly English.

I'll give you "cleave", but how did you arrive at "dust" being its own antonym?

LittleJoe

Then there are words like "cleave" and "dust" that are their own antonyms - silly English.

I'll give you "cleave", but how did you arrive at "dust" being its own antonym?

LittleJoe

Cleave - split or sever Cleave - adhere strongly

Dust - remove dust (dusted the table) Dust - add a powered (dusted the cake with icing sugar)

Sorry about the English, this is far a field from being young in xxxx industry. The best way to counteract that sentiment, do a good job, learn new skills and use them, straight up be good at it and reliable. Doesn't matter if it's trucking or rocketry.

But I think that co.es mostly from back in the day when this country was being formed and everyone was an immigrant.

I LOVE the subject of English history . . . I am reading the "History of the English Language" for the second time right now. It was the companion book to a PBS special from the 90's . . . it is really fascinating how the changes have come about AND it is the most used language on the planet. You might have a Swede talking to a Greek. Neither one will speak the other's language (not always, but generally) but both will speak some English, so what do they use? English! Sorry frogs, your language is dying out (so is their culture, but that is a different story). Hey Kiwi, is that use of "Y'all" affected for this American audience or does it really mean you are form the South Island? I made a joke about that a while back but I never saw the response if you made one. GuyJaz, the original English ("Old English") which was the language of the original Angles was over run by the Saxons from Saxony, the Norse of the Vikings and then the French of the Norman conquerors . . . and then the Gaelic of the Scots, Welch and Irish was assaulted by the _b*******ized English that resulted from all of this conquest and THEN the English speaking snobs enforced a "proper" sounding English on the masses which had power because if you wanted to do business with the elites surrounding the King/Queen you had to speak the "Kings" English. The modern version is the BBC accent which does not really represent native speakers in Britain. You know what's weird? The Scots/Irish stock (and their decedents) in the Appalachians in the U.S speak more like the people in southern England (of old, the 1600's) than the snooties in London today. Too cool . . .

Jopa

But I think that co.es mostly from back in the day when this country was being formed and everyone was an immigrant.

I LOVE the subject of English history . . . I am reading the "History of the English Language" for the second time right now. It was the companion book to a PBS special from the 90's . . . it is really fascinating how the changes have come about AND it is the most used language on the planet. You might have a Swede talking to a Greek. Neither one will speak the other's language (not always, but generally) but both will speak some English, so what do they use? English! Sorry frogs, your language is dying out (so is their culture, but that is a different story). Hey Kiwi, is that use of "Y'all" affected for this American audience or does it really mean you are form the South Island? I made a joke about that a while back but I never saw the response if you made one. GuyJaz, the original English ("Old English") which was the language of the original Angles was over run by the Saxons from Saxony, the Norse of the Vikings and then the French of the Norman conquerors . . . and then the Gaelic of the Scots, Welch and Irish was assaulted by the _b*******ized English that resulted from all of this conquest and THEN the English speaking snobs enforced a "proper" sounding English on the masses which had power because if you wanted to do business with the elites surrounding the King/Queen you had to speak the "Kings" English. The modern version is the BBC accent which does not really represent native speakers in Britain. You know what's weird? The Scots/Irish stock (and their decedents) in the Appalachians in the U.S speak more like the people in southern England (of old, the 1600's) than the snooties in London today. Too cool . . .

Jopa

With age comes knowledge of history. Jopa, while you do know a whole lot about history, OS can go back as far as the early 1900's.