Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Valmy]

Besides I have never been clear if speaking an Afro-American dialect as a white person was considered demeaning or insulting. This lady says it is not "good enough" for me. But if I did speak it then these same left wing people probably insist it was appropriation of some kind. I wish they would be clear on what is considered acceptable and what is considered racist.

[Savonarola]

Yeah well white people who speak dialects have the same issue.

You could almost turn that into a song.

[Valmy]

Yeah well white people who speak dialects have the same issue.

You could almost turn that into a song.

[Martinus]

Yeah well white people who speak dialects have the same issue.

You could almost turn that into a song.

[PDH]

The point being that there is a standard defined English

Is that the case though? As I noted previously what could be standard English differs by nation which would seem to undermine the notion of 'a' Standard English even though there might be various standards by nation. 

Wiki has this to say: "Standard English (SE) refers to whatever form of the English language is accepted as a national norm in any English-speaking country. It encompasses grammar, vocabulary and spelling. In the British Isles, particularly in England and Wales, it is often associated with: the "Received Pronunciation" accent (there are several variants of the accent) and UKSE (United Kingdom Standard English), which refers to grammar and vocabulary. In Scotland the standard is Scottish Standard English. In the United States it is generally associated with (though controversially) the General American accent and in Australia with General Australian."

You are right, there are several standard English norms - what I was referring to was within these norms there are standardized grammars, spellings, syntax, etc.  Think here, textbook (American) English, for example.

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[LaCroix]

You are right, there are several standard English norms - what I was referring to was within these norms there are standardized grammars, spellings, syntax, etc.  Think here, textbook (American) English, for example.

and within american english, there's no standard by which all must follow. for example, consider punctuation: authors frequently abandon those rigid laws. one could, conceivably, correctly, use punctuation, and, therefore, it would, for sure, be correct, but it's really pretty awful, for the reader, to slog through, and, I don't think, it's reasonable to demand everyone to conform absolutely

[Admiral Yi]

i think, you have, no clue about punctuation

[CountDeMoney]

and within american english, there's no standard by which all must follow. for example, consider punctuation: authors frequently abandon those rigid laws. one could, conceivably, correctly, use punctuation, and, therefore, it would, for sure, be correct, but it's really pretty awful, for the reader, to slog through, and, I don't think, it's reasonable to demand everyone to conform absolutely

You need to stop that right now.

[LaCroix]

i think, you have, no clue about punctuation

was there a punctuation error? show where

[DGuller]

I'm still skipping over everything LaCroix writes.  Too much energy is needed to read posts that deliberately ignore basic grammar rules, and in my experience, very few people worth reading write that way on the Internet.

[LaCroix]

I'm still calling you out on that one time I wrote correctly just to appease you 

[Habbaku]

I'm still skipping over everything LaCroix writes.  Too much energy is needed to read posts that deliberately ignore basic grammar rules, and in my experience, very few people worth reading write that way on the Internet.

[LaCroix]

I'm still skipping over everything LaCroix writes.  Too much energy is needed to read posts that deliberately ignore basic grammar rules, and in my experience, very few people worth reading write that way on the Internet.

[Admiral Yi]

was there a punctuation error? show where

No period on last sentence, colon used incorrectly, half your commas used incorrectly.