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Thread #39832   Message #567524
Posted By: Wyrd Sister
08-Oct-01 - 02:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Improper letter S endings! Arghhh!
Subject: RE: BS: Improper letter S endings! Arghhh!
And to throw a Spaniard into the works (or should that be spammer these days?), although a self-confessed pedant where written English is concerned (for heaven's sake(heavens' sakes for the multiversed), I have to stop myself correcting graffiti) I value true dialect forms in speech. "He were" and "they was" are everyday terms in my home city. Makes teaching them to read interesting..."They was this man in' garden, an' he were messin wi' us shed!"