Thanks.
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Why you gotta do that Hattie? I was doing sogood.
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Awe! Hattie beat me to it. lmao. so good…
To the “best user of English” I have only this to say: …word. 
and for that you get a 
Edit: I had to go back and spread some love to yall. good posts people. for EVERYONE 
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That never happened.
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Humor…derailed.
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I was kidding I’m the king of derailment.
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I got derailed from a thread and saw a link to this thread, so I thought I’d say something then I realised that the derailment thread itself had been derailed.
This pleases me.
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I concur. This has made my morning. AWESOME! REASONS!
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this pic deserves another like. 
Every time I read - [quote=“Kurtdawg13, post:194, topic:1351548”]
REASONS
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as it is typed here, in CAPITAL LETTERS, I say it in Torgue’s voice (in my head) BECAUSE REASONS!
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Then you and I are cut from the same cloth my friend. As I do it too. 
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I’m sorry, but last I checked I was not made up of a million little fibres.
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Fascinating take on the nature of the English langurs I came across earlier this morning
Americans will preserve it. If it’s any consolation, we’ve preserved a lot of elements of The Queen’s English that they’ve thrown out. Oddly enough, there are sections of the South, specifically off the coast of South Carolina, that still speak as close to the Colonial period English as is possible. There HAS been some drift still, but oddly enough, most linguists agree that those dialects are as close as we’re going to get to hearing “English” as it was spoken before we split from the Empire.
And that’s the thing. English is wonderfully malleable. While the Brits may wring their hands that those Chavs are mucking up the Mother Tongue, even upper class Brits speak far and away from English as it was spoken even a hundred years ago. Though, there IS some reinforcement for retaining certain dialects thanks to recording technology, and dialects like BBC English or American Broadcast English, and variations in regional accents and dialects are often muddied a bit thanks to broadcasts and constant reinforcement by hearing “proper” English, be that American Standard or British Standard–which is falling to the wayside in a lot of former colonies in favor of American Standard as the “go to” dialect to learn for business. Even so, there are rich and fecund dialects that develop where ever English takes root. From Jamaica to Manila, from Canuckistan to Guam. And they’re shaped by whatever cultures that it’s butted up against. Which is kind of the point, since English is essentially a trade tongue, that developed out of need for some fairly disparate folks to be able to communicate with one another, and it is a sponge for absorbing new words and shaping itself to its new home. That’s the point. That its purpose. To bridge disparate cultures. It’s supposed to take on new forms. It’s supposed to change, and often fair rapidly, because it’s entire evolution has been to absorb new words and structures and pronunciations, and while it can sound strange to some folks, still be fairly mutually intelligible.
And a lot of Brits seem to forget this. Or rather, a lot of culture writers seem to forget this, and they throw up their hands with some big scare about Oi! English is being RUINED! And as a language, it’s ALWAYS been in flux. It started as a Germanic tongue, run through the mill by contact with the Romans and the French, and the native Britons and a whole lot of others who settled or moved around the Isles. And the inclusion of so many NEW peoples and spreading English by way of Empire only KEPT the ball rolling for new influences. Americans didn’t warp English, English adapted to our use, and our needs, and the populations that we butted up against, and brought in. The same as English adapted to use and needs in London, or Drury, or South Wales, or Scotland, or Jamaica, or Guam, or Sri Lanka. English has an amazing capacity as a language to shape itself to various uses, and our spelling shows a LOT of archaic features that don’t necessarily show up in speaking it. Which can drive a lot of folks batty as they try to learn English, because we have so many odd rules, because it’s an aggregate of a whole lot of tongues and influences.
This is naught but a tempest in a teacup, and English will survive just fine. Possibly even longer than England herself now that they’ve spread the tongue so far and wide, but yeah, it’s going to change. And it keeps changing. And that’s OK, because that’s what it’s supposed to do. It’s a bridge. It’s a stop gap. It’s a trade tongue. It’s good at a good many things, but stop fretting about it. It will do what it’s supposed to do, and serve those who use it. As they use.
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Wow. This is very articulate. Nice thought progression…explains it very well. This was a “wall of text” that I am happy to have read. Thank you FunkJunkie. I like it! You get a round of applaus 
And a thumbs up!
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Thank you kindly, but the thanks need only extend so far as I coincidentally came across this earlier and it happened to be relevant to that topic at hand
On the interest of thread purity, anyone have thoughts on the proposed sequel to Pacific Rim?
I want more daytime combat and cleaner editing
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Looking forward to it. I liked the first one. The concept is cool. and I agree with you. Lets have some light on the battles. lol more visuals!
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