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I think the Queen talks funny

PS: Catching Hell is a colloquialism I am not familiar with. Does this require tools or an array of contrivances? I know how to dish out Hell, but never saw any benefit to catching same.

I always thought it was the King's English. Do they have different vernacular or is this a product of political correctness?

9point3, maybe if ya stopped in more often, you would learn to decipher the way we talk. Just saying...............

Yeah, but that wave is sort of snazzy.

A hav-a-heart trap will work.

Think about catching a bobcat, then letting it go in your neighbor's garage.

Same principle, just with more brimstone.

PPS: I plan on burning thru another 9 lives.

Ohh LAWWWD, the horror! Cipherin' own it is half the fun.. Plus, it's jus' da innanet.

Thank god you withheld his name...

When the Queen and the King communicate, which English to they employ? I don't much care about the styles used here, but do like to be able to grab the key thoughts with some ease.

At times I think the lingo may be subconciously driven by wishful yearnings about times past: hearing the old guys sitting around the stove at the country store; being in deer or fishing camp; using catch phrases that stir memories of buddies and moments; or, - - - .

Grandpa didn't know text, Dad didn't understand or appreciate it - and I don't.

Clearly you don't visit fishing forums, or you'd really find butchered language.

There is colloquial writing that is entertaining, like most of your above quotes, and I have no trouble figuring out what's being written. Then there are people who just simply screw up. "...we found fish threw out the cove..." was written by one young professional fisherman, and actually published in an online magazine. It bothers me more when I read something that's clearly sloppy or inept.

Many times I've had to write very formal business letters, dealing with serious topics. In one case the circulation list was mostly mid-to-upper level managers and executives at a large multinational vehicle manufacturer. I had to repair damage caused by someone who wasn't careful with her language, as well as deal with real technical issues. The result was successful, and I saved the relationship with a $6M/yr customer.

But sometimes I goof, and write not so bueno So I guess I'm somewhere in the middle on writing ability.

generally not hard for me to decipher but i live on an indian reservation full of Norwegian immigrants both inside and outside the borders that were only 100 years give or take off the boat so im used to having to figure out what people are talking about

I'll take Bristoe's vernacular anyday.

Muleskinner used to wear me down, but he doesn't post much anymore.

Sycamore

I thought this was going to be about Gus.

I used to have an otherwise excellent book (written by a school-teacher!) [title withheld out of kindness] that was so poorly written (and completely unedited) that my son and I used to play a game with it.

We'd open it at random, then without looking, stab a page with a forefinger, and look to see whether that paragraph was free of error � spelling, grammar, punctuation �

I never found one that didn't reek with error.

It was an excellent source of information � and a superb way to teach a boy how to write proper prose. Horrible examples of all sorts were abundant.

Yeah right on BYC; perfect!

When I taught English in a 50-50-integrated junior high and high school in deep-south Alabama, I found that I could understand Negro kids who couldn't understand each other.

Several times a day, I'd hear "Whoddy say, Mist' 'ow'? Whoddy say?" ("What did he say, Mister Howell? What did he say?).

And whatever he'd said was clear to me, so translating was never a problem.

Thank you.

I would bet that the "We found fish threw out the cove..." example can be directly traced to the misguided reliance on "shell Czech", which accepts anything as long as it is in its dictionary, as a piss-poor substitute for a human being.

Eye bet your write!