They're, their, there.

[Hoodless ECI]

Redneck's/Hillbilly Computer (compooter) Lingo:

LOG ON : Making the woodstove hotter

LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood

MONITOR: Keepin an eye on that woodstove

DOWNLOAD: Gettin the farwood ofn the truck

MEGA HERTZ: When yer not keerful gettin that farwood downloaded.

FLOPPY DISK: Whatcha git from tryin to carry too much farwood

RAM: That thar thang whut splits the farwood

HARD DRIVE: Gettin home in the winter taim

PROMPT: Whut the mail ain't in the winter taim

WINDOWS: Whut to shut when it gits cold outside

SCREEN: Whut to shut when its black fly season.

BYTE: Whut them dang flies do.

CHIP: Munchies fer the TV

MICRO CHIP: Whuts left in the munchie bag

INFRARED: Where the leftover munchies go---Fred eats 'em

MODEM: Whatcha did to the hay fields

DOT MATRIX: Ole Dan Matrix's wife

LAP TOP: Whur the kitty sleeps

KEYBOARD: Whur ya hang the dang keys

SOFTWARE: Them dang plastik forks and knifs

MOUSE: What eats the grain in the barn

MAIN FRAME: Holds up the barn roof

PORT: Fancy Flatlander wine

ENTER: Northern fer "c'mon in, y'all"

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY: When ya cain't member whut ya paid fer yer new used truck.




Buh, I saw it and though of you guy's....

" dang, theres a snake in may boot "

 

[beanbag83]

SOFTWARE: Them dang plastik forks and knifs

Not another thread about ions!

 

[Beaker]

I hope you lot don't actually read the magazine all that closely

 

[Robbo]

I think, those three phoneticly similar words have been replaced in many regions with the "urban" form, "Dere".

So, "There they are!" would actually be; "Dere dey are!"

They're, is slightly different, having the form "Dare".

Other words that have succumb to the "D" treatment are;

That, becomes "Dat"

This, becomes "Diss" (also used as "Diss", when referring to a lack of respect).

Them, becomes "Dem" (as in "dem bones, dem bones).

They, becomes "Dey".

Though, becomes "Doh".

These, becomes "Dese".

Notice how the accompaniment of "t" and "h", seems to have been almost universally replaced, with simply "D".


When these combinations are put together, particularly with a Scouse accent, they can becomes quite amusing;

"Dey don't talk like we do, do dey doh?"

Is it just me or does anybody else think that when people consciously adopt this style of speaking, all they do is flag up their ignorance?

They just sound thick to me...I ain't the best spoken person and my diction is questionable to say the least but the way I speak is reflective of where I was born in London and my family unit.
It is an emergent property of the formative years of my childhood but the same cannot be said for a lot of today's young where they deliberately change the way they speak at an age when the way they speak has long been ingrained. and they do this because.....?
To appear hard?
To mirror their peer group?
Hmmmm...it beats me ...

 

[Nizzie]

I hope you lot don't actually read the magazine all that closely

MMMMM, subscription payment by check!!!

 

[ollgeeze]

I think the most concerning thing is, is that these imbeceiles that cant even string a sentence together often share the some genome that makes them incapable of putting a condom on, which puts the health of the genepool in quite serious danger.

Our only weapon is aids.

 

[Ion]

Our only weapon is aids.

possibly the funniest thing i've heard in a while

 

[Robbo]

I think the most concerning thing is, is that these imbeceiles that cant even string a sentence together often share the some genome that makes them incapable of putting a condom on, which puts the health of the genepool in quite serious danger.

Our only weapon is aids.

Seems a bit harsh but wholly effective..

 

[Raffles]

MMMMM, subscription payment by check!!!

The American way of spelling it - so it's correct .

"Aids as a weapon" - interesting thought. All we need to do now is make it 'selective' then genecide will, at last, be possible .

 

[Nizzie]

The American way of spelling it - so it's correct .

Possibly a grey/gray area!!