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Now that got me thinking Dahlin' Sis Irish. If not Texan, what?

*LOL* I write Texan, sometimes, too. Just the mental image of someone cringing at that makes me giggle. I know I don't always use correct grammar, but for the most part, it is my punctuation that makes people nuts.

p1ke, HUH?

Bo, yea, I tend to like these wee dots.........
and I like these !!!!!!!!
oh and these "" ''
hee hee

Nope I'm still lost. I thought that someone from Texas is a Texan. Are they not? Perhaps they are a Texas'n or a Texie or just a plain old Tex! Which is it please? I am deeply frustrated now. Clearly it's not a term that should be used and I do!! I don't want to offend anyone by saying something that is incorrect.

No I am a TEXAN, from TEXAS. I was referring to 'speaking Texan'. Such as the lessons I gave you, which you still don't get right, but I feel bad correcting you AGAIN! Ok....it's Darh'lin, 'Dahlin' is how they say it in Georgia, or Old Virginny!

Please tell em Bo!

pikey, Texans don't drop their r's. We tend to use hard r's in our words.
*LOL* It took me a minute to figure out who Bo was. Duh!!!
And, I say DaRlin.

Dharlin' Sis Irish. You mean that I have been getting it wrong all this time and you haven't told me!!! Now you think I'm a clutz (or is it Klutz). Blimey O'Reilly. SHOUT at me. I'm daft at best and Stoopid at worst!!! LOL.

Bohemian. It all makes more sense now. I spent ages saying "Dahlin'" when I should have been saying "Dahrlin". I've just been lopping branches off a holly tree. When I get back out boy are they going to wish they'd not grown. There'll be no dropped "r"s all over the place!

I've still said it wrong!! See I AM stupid. Darh'lin!!

Yea, but we do drop our g's. LOL! "I'm fixin ta go ta town, wanna come?" "Just came back from fishin, caught a whopper, did ya eat yet?"
This is fun, Bo! Give im another un.

Yea, emphasis on the first syllable, don't drawl it out so much, hard r, drop the g. You got it! Yee hawwwww!

C'mon Irish, don't be so hard on a poor Brit. They have enough trouble understandin' American, let alone Texan!

Oh no, he ain't heavy, he's my brother! If you follow us around a bit you will see this is ongoing withy p1kie and me! He asked and I am most graciously helping him. When he comes to visit he will fit right in, after we take him to David's Western Wear and outfit him with his hat, jeans and boots. We ain't lettin im tool aroun in any funny shorts, long socks and sandals!

I NEVER wear socks and sandals. Not done you know. I do have a hat though. A rather fetching bowler hat, goes well with the pin stripe suit and the rolled umbrella. That'll go down rather well in Texas won't it? Jean's? Won't she mind? Boots I do understand. Green wellingtons I expect. Rather! Super! Can't wait.

Well....leastwise yu'd have all tha womenfolk after ya, askin ya to say somethin sweet for em! "ohhhh, tee hee, lissen to 'IM talk! Don't he sound purty! tee hee"
blech!

Now you know how frightened I am of women Dahr'lin Sis Irish. Why they give me the collywobbles. Hope that you'll be there to protect me. LOL.

I've just looked at David's Western Store on t'internet and I am gobsmacked! I'd need a second mortgage for all that stuff. When I was a boy my mother once cut up a sheepskin coat and made the arms into chaps for me. Boy did I look swell!! LOL.

Yea, sure, I'll beat em off with a stick!

Ok, you want comfort for long walks, we go with these, also good for working on your feet all day:
http://www.nrsworld.com/i...
Here's what you'll need in the summertime:
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Don't want none of them tight fitting sissy Wrangler Butt jeans, here's some very nice and functional George Straits:
http://www.nrsworld.com/i...
Can't forget the belt, something simple to match the boots and not freak ya out too badly, always get ya a bigger buckle later on:
http://www.nrsworld.com/i...
And last but not least a shirt:
http://www.nrsworld.com/i...

There ya go, that otta do ya! I WILL have to beat em off with a stick. A cowboy with a posh accent! OOHHHHH BABY!!!!!!!!!
We'll find ya some nice sunglasses at the store.

Oh and show Mrs P1ke, have a drool cup ready!

Oh, dear! I have been sitting here laughing so hard, I can't even come up with anything right now. Give me a minute.

WHAT, that'd be one hunk o p1kefish, don't you think Bo? Hubba Hubba!

The shirt I have already! But jeans? Is there any acceptable alternative? I stopped wearing jeans 15 years ago. LOL.

Nope, no can do chief. Don't wanna look like no urban cowboy!

Ok, I think I can do this now. First, ya have to know, the doodler always takes the side of the underdog....the little man, in this case.
Second, YES!!! pikey, you got it!
Last but not least, Irish, all I gotta say is

Oh, ya'll watch out for that puddle of drool!

Yea Mrs P1kie gonna be a droolin too, I bet! hee hee All gals have a cowboy fantasy, don't they? We can get yi spurs too P1ke, kachang!

My gosh, how the heck did a conversation on grammar become this?*L*
Not that I mind, this is why I like this place!

Spurs. That takes me back. When we first got the internet my nephew came by to have a look. He'd have been about 10 then. He was a fan of a Football team called Tottenham Hotspurs or "Spurs" for short. So we typed "Spurs" into a search engine - pre Google - and what came back was very interesting. Now I'm not sure that Spurs football kit consists of a leather catsuit, 6" heels and a bullwhip. Certainly the young lady wearing it wasn't recognisable as a Spurs player! I've searched, but I've never found that site again. LOL!!

Irish, especially a cowboy with that charming accent! Can you imagine?

If you look at this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iEhV5TOApb4 you'll see that the English can do cowboys - Texan ones at that - really quite quite dreadful. But funny too.

Bo...grammar? HUH?

P1ke, Good Lord what WAS that? You need to watch Lonesome Dove with Robert Duvall! He's totally HOT!

Grammar? Were we talking about grammar?
I prolly shoon't have even started this discussion. Didn't do it to offend anyone. I was just a lil curious. Besides, someone else made me think about it.
*Pulling a pike, blaming someone else*

Oh....well....maybe I should go back and really respond to your discussion.........nah!

You DID respond to the discussion! *L*

Sometimes, I just want to say, HUH? But, really, if someone is trying to improve their use of English, should we not give them a little boost in the right direction? Of course, in a polite way. I would never be rude about it.

Provided that we don't patronise them. I try to help Americans all the time of course!! But a little help is fine, but a critique of their complete discussion may be a tad excessive.

Well, little man, I don't intend to check every discussion for bad grammar! I haven't the time. I am supposed to be keeping an eye on you, as well!*LOL*

You've got a job and a half trying to keep an eye on me Bohemian. You ought to employ a man with a ladder - a woman would be better!!! LOL.

Naaaa, I think the man with the ladder is just fine! Especially in your case.

How cruel. LOL.

Not cruel, Darlin, just a little ........wicked, maybe?*L*

Very wicked. LOL. Very very wicked. Eewww.

Eewwww? The man on the ladder isn't naked or anything! Now if he were, I could understand it. *LOL*

You know! LOL. You're teasing me now!!

What's the term....having a laugh? Yeah, I am teasing you, but you let me, cuz you like it! *G*

You know that I love it!! LOL.

*G* You are just to cute.

Ooops! Too cute.

Aren't I just. Every home should have one!@!

Oh, no. I think one pike is quite enough!*LOL*

This is true. Your English quite good, actually*S*
Welcome to myLot! I hope you have fun here. It is a nice place to be.

Oh dear, I meant you English IS quite good.

Hey Bo, yir english quite bad! rotflmbo

It is! Can ya help a gal out? How embarrassing to have started this discussion, then type the things I have!

yea, naw, yir on yir own sugah

Oh, thanks alot!
Huh, I said we don't drop our r's. I guess we do on some words....like sugah.

Oooooh, I used to all over the place when I heard Davey Jones say that word!

hehe thanks im working on it:D

one thing i already find sooooooo anoying here, is that i get no notification if someone replys to your post

Really? Hmmmm, I get notification when a response to a response to a response is made. Have you checked to make sure your option for that is turned on?

*L* I know what you mean. I have to read and re-read my posts most days. I leave things out, drop letters, etc.

I don't think I would correct someone in public. But, if it did not hurt their feelings, I would send them a private message, just to let them know.

Right now, I am thinking I need a little help with my own language. Not grammar so much as the words I use.*L* Thanks, littleowl.

Thanks, poohgal. I don't mind a little constructive criticism, and correction when it is needed. I want to know when I make a mistake. Makes me a little more aware of what I am doing, or saying the next time.

Ok, but, we are not judging others for their grammar. I just wanted to know if people wanted to be corrected when they use bad grammar. If I can understand the point someone is trying to make, I don't care.

I agree, it is silly to judge on such things. *S*

It does seem rather silly. I mean when I am in a hurry, I make mistakes, so if I am bound to why should I get upset if someone who was born in some non-English making country make an error. Besides I never went to University so how can I tell someone who did in another country that he made a mistake.

Good point.

I certainly would not know how to write in any other language. And, I hope you are not offended at the question. I would not do anything to intentionally offend anyone. I was just curious. And, I agree, most are doing very well.

Hi thebohenmianheart,


Ofcouse I'm not offended, I'm from the U.K and my fingers seems to work before my brains or is it the other way round as there so many mistakes in my spelling and feel sorry for anyone who is trying to understand what I'm writing about, so I do understand what you are saying and I'm not offended.

Tamara

Well, I have had a problem with my brain getting a little ahead of my fingers today. As you can see by some of my posts. Everybody makes mistakes.