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sharkey
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: the word "got" |
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Is anyone else disgusted when people use this word instead of "have" ?
i got a question
i got that tv.
i got to go
aaahhhhhhhhhhh stop using the word got people, you sound like an uneducated thug
anyone out there agree with me ?!!?!?!?!! |
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jkelly80
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Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Snob! |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I got more of a problem with lack of capitalization and over use of punctuation. |
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Bigfeet
Joined: 29 May 2008
Location: Grrrrr.....
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I got what you're saying. |
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Justin Hale
Joined: 24 Nov 2007
Location: the Straight Talk Express
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: the word "got" |
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| sharkey wrote: |
Is anyone else disgusted when people use this word instead of "have" ?
i got a question
i got that tv.
i got to go
aaahhhhhhhhhhh stop using the word got people, you sound like an uneducated thug
anyone out there agree with me ?!!?!?!?!! |
You're a bloody dickhead in my book |
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espoir
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| I dont understand.........ahhh nevermind I got's it now. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It depends on context. I don't use the Queen's English with friends. We can subconsciously drop to a much more informal way of speaking without knowing it depending on our audience. |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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The British "have + got" is the same as "have" for Americans.
"I got.." for example, is a case of ebonics. |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Jane wrote: |
The British "have + got" is the same as "have" for Americans.
"I got.." for example, is a case of ebonics. |
not just ebonics. it's very common in appalaichan and NE urban American dialects
When you break it down, everybody who speaks the non-prestige dialect in a language community is looked down upon as stupid. It's all in their snobby heads. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Jane wrote: |
The British "have + got" is the same as "have" for Americans.
"I got.." for example, is a case of ebonics. |
You make it sound like an infectious disease. |
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EuroFunk
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: jobless in Busan
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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I have owned.
I got owned. |
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Gaber
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: the word "got" |
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| sharkey wrote: |
Is anyone else disgusted when people use this word instead of "have" ?
i got a question
i got that tv.
i got to go
aaahhhhhhhhhhh stop using the word got people, you sound like an uneducated thug
anyone out there agree with me ?!!?!?!?!! |
I say "I got to get going" all the time. I am disgusting. Like a diseased horse carcass or a cup body by-products. Practically the same.
If your going to be a language maven, one must be aware of ones pluralisations. Otherwise, you risk come off sound a little *ahem* low class. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe the people collectively sound like a single uneducated thug, like some sort of ungrammatical voltron. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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I remember my primary school teacher, Mr Muckley. He was a real old school British Sergeant Major type.
He hated us to use the word 'got' in place of other, more expressive verbs. To this day, I still hate using the word 'got' when I'm writing something.
"I woke up this morning"
"I stepped out of the car"
"I received a nice present on my birthday".
'Got' can be a bit unimaginative sometimes. |
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sharkey
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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| cj1976 wrote: |
I remember my primary school teacher, Mr Muckley. He was a real old school British Sergeant Major type.
He hated us to use the word 'got' in place of other, more expressive verbs. To this day, I still hate using the word 'got' when I'm writing something.
"I woke up this morning"
"I stepped out of the car"
"I received a nice present on my birthday".
'Got' can be a bit unimaginative sometimes. |
Is she still single ? If so, hook me uppppp! |
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