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Topic: Who "is" you ?
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Mathew James
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 740
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2014
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posted February 22, 2017 01:22 PM
Hi Dominique,
This is a strange and rare phrase. Rap artists are always trying to make up new ways to say things, many of which do not stick to the 'slang' side of things, however some does last i suppose.
With all the acronyms being created in internet lingo, who knows what will last. lol
When we were younger, me and a few friends of mine would make up words by reversing letters(reeb erots, pronounce reeberots, meaning beer store), speaking in a kind of code only we understood. Many of these words we still use today, and so do our kids. I have actually heard a couple of these made-up terms used by others which was surprising to see how fast language could travel. any of my friends found it funny and still use it and know what we are saying...
I don't think this will be a common phrase or will last, but who knows... I know if someone used that language I would think they needed grammar school again ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
ps: This kinda reminds me of southern slang as well...such as a mother yells out to her young son and says 'Where you at? and after the child replies, she says 'Well you come from where you is to where I is.
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Matt 📽
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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted February 25, 2017 06:43 AM
"It don't matter" is actually pretty mainstream, usually for emphasis. Maybe it's saying "Look, I'm annoyed enough that I don't care how it sounds!".
It's not great grammar, but it's something that's OK in informal speech.
Then again there's the word "aint". When you really want to turn the emphasis up you say something like "Everybody says that, but it just aint so!"
Spell Check might as well give up on this one. Sure, if you use it in your resume you probably shouldn't get the job, but in an E-mail to your wife about what color the kitchen should get painted it's passable.
-Aint it the truth!
Grammar is a great thing, but you shouldn't ever let it get in the way of getting an idea across.
(I'm still trying to unravel why people say "as it were".)
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All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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