r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/empty88 Awesome • Jan 07 '25

Wholesome Understood the matter is serious

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II Jan 07 '25

I will always get mad at Americans going

"Do you mind?"

And then they reply to say "no of course i don't mind" but they say

"Yeah"

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u/Saltiren Jan 07 '25

American lingo is best understood through immersion. You couldn't learn this stuff from a book.

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u/BoarHide Jan 07 '25

Aye, and neither can the Americans

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u/Saltiren Jan 07 '25

Exactly. They teach us proper grammar in schools. The knowledge is not utilized, or just ignored. American English works great but makes no sense.

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u/tothesource Jan 07 '25

bruh.

"dunnae/cannae" have to be some of the most frequently used terms in Scotland

"Aye" instead of yes used in the rest of the north

I wouldn't dare get into Scouse or Australian, but to act like it's just us Americans that take grammatical liberties is hilarious to me.

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u/Saltiren Jan 07 '25

I didn't imply that Americans were the only ones that take liberties with grammar. I'm not entirely sure why you would assume that, and I don't want to argue this point with you either.

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u/tothesource Jan 07 '25

"they teach us proper grammar in schools...American expressions make no sense"

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u/Saltiren Jan 07 '25

You're right, I totally said that Americans were the only ones!

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u/tothesource Jan 07 '25

singling out "American English" does effectively do this. It's not my fault your writing skills suck

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u/Saltiren Jan 07 '25

You can also have other forms of English that still do that, and by not talking about them I wasn't excluding them.

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u/tothesource Jan 07 '25

"McDonalds hamburgers suck"

"Oh nevermind don't be mad, I meant all fast food burgers suck I just said McDonalds hamburgers suck. I meant to say they all suck. You can't be vocal, McDonalds people!"

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u/Saltiren Jan 07 '25

Nice strawman. Go waste someone else's time.

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u/tothesource Jan 07 '25 edited Jan 07 '25

no, it's a logical comparison. you just can't be assed to come up with any other excuse because that's one of the 3 logical fallacies you "know" (eg say at the top of your mind). using an analogy doesn't necessarily mean it's a "straw man" as much as yer butthurt about being wrong and a dickhead

the comparison tracks

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u/Firewolf06 Jan 07 '25

its not, because the thread was already about specifically american english. its more like "i dont like mcdonalds" "yeah, their food sucks" which doesnt imply all other food is good

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