A modest proposal about posting language

[sjordan2]

  On 3/5/2010 at 10:10 PM, ThatOneEmoKid said:

Thats not how we say it here in Texas.

There should be an apostrophe in "that's." By the way, in spite of the fact that I'm also from Texas, I can spell.

Keep 'em coming, guys.

[Blake Rogers]

[Nick Winter]

  On 3/5/2010 at 9:57 PM, moparfan426 said:

as a Canadian i don't what the heck your talking about??

I don't Either Blake

[Harry P.]

  On 3/5/2010 at 10:19 PM, sjordan2 said:

By the way, in spite of the fact that I'm also from Texas, I can spell.

Are you saying that most Texans cain't spell???

[Blake Rogers]

  On 3/5/2010 at 10:04 PM, sjordan2 said:

Please note capitalization and grammar:

"As a Canadian, I don't know what the heck you're talking about."

Ducks in a barrel on this thread.

This is how fights start did you not understand what i was saying??? so I missed the RE in you're and the A in as. Your funny i aint a duck bucko keep that in mind Edited March 5, 2010 by moparfan426

[Harry P.]

  On 3/5/2010 at 10:34 PM, mark taylor said:

I was there back when the exchange rate probably made Canadian forays into Michigan more worthwhile, but you often couldn't even park, much less find a cart or get in the door, at a grocery store on Saturdays. I'm not exaggerating when I say 95% of the license plates were Ontario on the weekends. We just started going on Wednesday nights, or whenever there was a Red Wings game on TV. The Canadians would often have tarps and blankets in their cars, or put the food into suitcases, I'm guessing to hide what they bought and dodge whatever customs they were supposed to pay. It was a spectacle, for sure.

Was that back when the US/Canada border was still wide open, before all this terrorism business?

[Blake Rogers]

Oh ok now i understand ya i heard some crazy stuff about this and something about Black Friday ????

Edited March 5, 2010 by moparfan426

[Nick Winter]

  On 3/5/2010 at 10:34 PM, mark taylor said:

I was there back when the exchange rate probably made Canadian forays into Michigan more worthwhile, but you often couldn't even park, much less find a cart or get in the door, at a grocery store on Saturdays. I'm not exaggerating when I say 95% of the license plates were Ontario on the weekends. We just started going on Wednesday nights, or whenever there was a Red Wings game on TV. The Canadians would often have tarps and blankets in their cars, or put the food into suitcases, I'm guessing to hide what they bought and dodge whatever customs they were supposed to pay. It was a spectacle, for sure.

the reason why there were so many Ontario plates is it's just a hop skip and a jump from Windsor to Detroit.

[Nick Winter]

  On 3/5/2010 at 11:02 PM, mark taylor said:

True enough, but (I had my "I live in California now" geography on) I actually lived in Auburn Hills. Little longer drive from the tunnel/bridge out there. Then again, probably less chance of being cut down by a stray bullet, too.

Yep Mark, most of my family is in the Windsor /Detroit /Battle Creek area.

[Modelmartin]

  On 3/4/2010 at 3:06 AM, khart said:

A friend of mine suggested, half-jokingly, awhile back that community colleges might want/need to consider offering adult-education courses on understanding the illiterate, seeing as how they seem to be firmly in control these days, and because they do have things of value to say on occasion. Honestly, that doesn't sound like a bad idea to me.

That is funny! For a while, there was talk of "Ebonics". I think we need to coin a term for the language that the poorly educated and apathetic speak. Any ideas out there?

[Harry P.]

  On 3/6/2010 at 2:22 PM, Modelmartin said:

That is funny! For a while, there was talk of "Ebonics". I think we need to coin a term for the language that the poorly educated and apathetic speak. Any ideas out there?

Slanglish.