With so much going in our fair city, over the weekend a small flap started over Councilman George Muschal's ability to speak, or inability, depending on your grasp of meanings. First, I'll cover one issue - is he articulate? Considering that he can get his thoughts out and make sense, then, yes, he is articulate. Can he get people to listen? Yes, he can unlike another member of council who rarely makes a grammatical error but when speaking can the bore the dead. People tune him out. So if people don't listen and grasp, for what purpose does he speak? But the real problem is the use of the word (nonword), "ain't." I have another platform to discuss the history of this word - which, by the way, the English language desparetly needs and has always needed. And, one person involved the, "ain't debate," has often said, "it don't," So to all of you language snobs out there (of which I am one, but privately), how often have you used the following terms?
1. Free Gift?
2. True Fact?
3. Urban City?
4. Two Choices?
If you have ever used any of these terms, you've displayed more ignorance of the English language than George does by using, "ain't."
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I was given two choices when I arrived in this urban city. A free gift, and I can't recall what the second was because I ain't able to remember. That's a true fact!
Grammar is for whitey.
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