(July 14, 2015 at 7:24 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: It happens here in the U.S. to a ridiculous degree. The biggest thing we get are Southerners whining about some newbie speaking Spanish when for fucks sake "y'all" isn't a word! Then there are the people in urban areas who say I'm "acting white" because I don't use shitty grammar when speaking.
I don't think that anyone should whine about someone with an accent. If someone is learning a new language and tries to speak it then they are far braver than I am. They deserve praise and respect. I have been trying for years to self teach myself Spanish. Now I can read a lot in that language but I still can't understand spoken Spanish. The reason that reading is easier for me than speaking is that I am not brave enough to risk making a fool of myself by talking to native speakers(who I could easily find, by the way)
The English language needs a plural form of the word, you. Y'all fits the bill. It is a word just like can't and don't.
Adolescents and young adult have been inventing their own slang for a long time. They need to learn when to turn it off and on but it doesn't really bother me.
