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- From: rcosby@bcm.tmc.edu (Randy C. Cosby)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Anyways
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:33:26 GMT
- Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
- Lines: 30
- Message-ID: <1jplmmINNc62@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
- References: <1993Jan20.004246.19552@Cadence.COM>
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- Summary: Re: anyways
- Keywords: Lemurs
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- In article <1993Jan20.004246.19552@Cadence.COM>, vince@gda.cadence.com (Vince Gibboni) writes:
- >
- > For years I've (secretly) interpreted the use of the word "anyways"
- > by anyone over the age of about five as a sure sign that they were
- > either the victim of severe head injury or - to be kind - just not all
- > that bright. (I would have put it in same the class as, say, "p'sghetti").
- > Recently, however, I seem to hear this word being used quite a bit by
- > people whose brains' seem to be otherwise damage-free (even by those who
- > generally take some care to use language correctly). I've even run
-
- Vince,
-
- First of all, do you really judge people by the way they speak? This
- is close to true prejudice. I cannot believe that a person posting to
- this newsgroup would not consider that a person is subjected to the
- pronunciations of the morons teaching him/her, and then allow them to
- prove themselves!....
-
- Sorry, just had to flame a little. I am from Texas, and even thought I
- have had voice and diction training, I still retain the accent, and
- can only rid myself of it on stage.
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- My ex-wife and her family all used "anyways". She is definitely moronic
- but I feel that the usage stems from her parents upbringing in Brooklyn.
- I could be wrong, I married her didn't I?
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- Coz
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