Does merriam-webster.com say that?
Who are you hanging out with that it's "very commonly used"?
Does merriam-webster.com say that?
In some (many) cases "very commonly used" sneaks into "alternative" and then into "acceptable" and then into "correct" or "preferred." Once it's snuck in it's hard to get rid of. Remember when "ain't" would have had the editors of the Oxford dictionary grasping their pearls?
I understand word and phrase evolution, but the circles I run in ain't using "I seen", very commonly or at all.O Really wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 1:21 pmIn some (many) cases "very commonly used" sneaks into "alternative" and then into "acceptable" and then into "correct" or "preferred." Once it's snuck in it's hard to get rid of. Remember when "ain't" would have had the editors of the Oxford dictionary grasping their pearls?
Now:
informal
contraction
am not; are not; is not.
"if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
has not; have not.
"they ain't got nothing to say"
The effin' dictionary used "they ain't got nothing to say" as an example and called it "informal." I should say so.
Misleading title...this video is about their signature basketballs, not the olympicsI hate when I click on these darn headlines for nothingThat’s why I won’t subscribe. Click bait.
Well, I didn't mean to imply it was my friends/acquaintances saying that. It's usually somebody on TV getting interviewed about something. Like, "I seen the fire coming toward my house..." I'm usually just wondering how the hell does anybody even learn to say that?
Ah. Maybe that's a function of disasters' affinity for trailer parks?O Really wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 11:50 pmWell, I didn't mean to imply it was my friends/acquaintances saying that. It's usually somebody on TV getting interviewed about something. Like, "I seen the fire coming toward my house..." I'm usually just wondering how the hell does anybody even learn to say that?
Curiosity got me to click.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 4:46 pmI liked this one because I had no idea what the fuck it was about....."Nathan Flornece Swallowed Alive Surfing Brazilian Death Slab." I didn't know what to expect, but it was a surfing thing.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nathan- ... 46953.html
That headline made me think ''wtf" is this? Having never even touched a surfboard I was totally clueless. The whole goddamn experience made me feel like trump when he's asked a question and then spirals off into irrelevant gibberish. Except in my case, after reading the story, I'd have been able to answer a question about it.Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:54 pmCuriosity got me to click.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2024 4:46 pmI liked this one because I had no idea what the fuck it was about....."Nathan Flornece Swallowed Alive Surfing Brazilian Death Slab." I didn't know what to expect, but it was a surfing thing.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nathan- ... 46953.html
David Muir, NBC, teaser on a 10 year old girl missing in the woods: "They found her sleeping with a drone."
neoplacebo wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2024 10:02 amThat headline made me think ''wtf" is this? Having never even touched a surfboard I was totally clueless. The whole goddamn experience made me feel like trump when he's asked a question and then spirals off into irrelevant gibberish. Except in my case, after reading the story, I'd have been able to answer a question about it.
Yup. Las Vegas, NV population is 642K.O Really wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2024 1:03 pmMore on that same misdirection:
"City of Las Vegas recovering after unexpected, record-breaking snow"
"City" population about 13K
https://www.yahoo.com/news/city-las-veg ... 42378.html
Fox and Kelly aren't married, she hasn't taken his last name and it isn't 'Kelly', anyhow. Kelly is not "mom" to anyone.... Kelly is already mom to Noah, Bodhi, and Journey with ex-husband Brian Austin Green.
"she shares"? Kelly is not trans. Was this written by a gender-confused AI? How did it get past an editor?Machine Gun Kelly is also a dad, to daughter Casie Colson Baker, whom she shares with ex Emma Cannon.
The pic is:I Ran a Half-Marathon with a Donkey
Forget the Turkey Trot – Colorado’s Burro Racing has donkeys and mountains instead.
... But the crowning glory of this festival is undoubtedly the Leadville Boom Days Burro race, where participants run a 15—or 21-mile race while tethered to a trained racing burro....