deep seeded racism

(in an MSNBC video title)

melpew - May I help you? - heard at a fast food counter

jeetyet - Did you eat yet?  -  should be Have you eaten yet?

supersalad - not Superman - soup or salad - heard from your waiter or waitress

"should of"
"your" instead of "you're"

Yesterday I go shopping. I buy two new shirt.

The ironic thing about this "incorrect" English is that it has only one marker for past ("yesterday" suffices, there is no need to say "went" instead of "go" or "bought" instead of "buy") and one for plural ("two" suffices, there is no need for a plural "s"). I think that a lot of incorrect English is more correct than correct English.

Rastus wrote:Yesterday I go shopping. I buy two new shirt.

That's good, but it's not from a native speaker.  (See thread title.)  Mangled English grammar from Thai speakers is another good topic for another thread, but they are really two different beasts.

Btw, if my student said those sentences, they would quickly regret it.  I never let them get away with that crap.  No mercy. I function like that electric collar that shocks dogs every time they bark. (Although I would never use that on a dog.)

Buoyant wrote:

Rastus wrote:Yesterday I go shopping. I buy two new shirt.

That's good, but it's not from a native speaker.  (See thread title.)  Mangled English grammar from Thai speakers is another good topic for another thread, but they are really two different beasts.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. I've met plenty of native speakers who have been in Thailand for "some time" speak like that to Thais. Maybe it's because they think they are easier to understand, Then it eventually becomes their normal speaking pattern. I even once went for an interview with an agency in Bangkok and the Western recruiter spoke like that when he was interviewing me - needless to say, I didn't take that job.

Buoyant wrote:

Rastus wrote:Yesterday I go shopping. I buy two new shirt.

That's good, but it's not from a native speaker.  (See thread title.)

It was from a native English speaker. (See thread title).

Harry Bean wrote: I've met plenty of native speakers who have been in Thailand for "some time" speak like that to Thais.

Yes, and that's the case in the example I gave above.

... the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to help your God?

Buoyant wrote:... the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to help your God?

gotta love the acceptance

One British teacher was distressed when the coursebook for his class taught "wanna" (want to).

What distressed me is that he pronounced it like the word "Lanna" in "Lanna Thai" as opposed to saying "won a" (as in "he won a prize") quickly.

I couldn't understand what he was saying, and when I finally did, I cringed.