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Alexi said:it's not affected if it is part of the dialect/accent [huh]
I could actually see that if one were to have a cockney accent.
A regular American accent might have a bit of a problem pulling it off.
Alexi said:it's not affected if it is part of the dialect/accent [huh]
Alexi said:it's not affected if it is part of the dialect/accent [huh]
Paisley said:For the most part Americans don't drop their H's. Especially west of the Mississippi.
ThesFlishThngs said:Maybe my husband is a guy, but I'm not.
jamespowers said:Hey! I still say "erb" for herb.
Marc Chevalier said:.
"Yo!" is as annoying now as "yoo hoo!" was back then.
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LizzieMaine said:Yeah, but there'll never be a delicious chocolate drink called "Yo!"
Paisley said:Some of Miss Manners' readers who are professors and instructors are unhappy because their students call them by their first name. It never occurred to me to call my professors anything but Mr., Ms. or Dr.
Marc Chevalier said:But the future might yield a high power/energy drink named "Yo!" :eusa_doh:
Paisley said:Some of Miss Manners' readers who are professors and instructors are unhappy because their students call them by their first name. It never occurred to me to call my professors anything but Mr., Ms. or Dr.
jamespowers said:You see so many people wanting to be called by their first name now. I even have been told about parents that their children call them by their first name over mother or father. :eusa_doh: The respect just goes out the window.
Paisley said:Strangely, my father wants everybody--even small children--to call him Bud. Publicly, he's extremely egalitarian. Privately, not so much. [huh]
Marc Chevalier said:But the future might yield a high power/energy drink named "Yo!" :eusa_doh:
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jamespowers said:Better than Yo Ho.