We tend to say "Let's do coffee" a lot - when I say that, it's not necessarily just referring to drinking coffee, but the experience of having coffee, chatting, and people-watching.

How come people say "Hi, how are you?" and then they keep walking? Does this mean that they don't care how you are?
Why ask if you don't care?
And why do we answer with "Fine, how are you?" and keep walking???

How about when someone is" fixin to" do something.

[quote=Rhonda]don't know, but always just assumed: the French swear a lot????
Think I'll ask k3n about that. I think she has said that the Dutch do.
Pardon my "dutch", just doesn't have the same sound to it.:lol:
I do occasionally, say, "pardon my Greek."

I think our mess of the English language here in the U.S. is a by product of a mixture of so many cultures living here.
I personally, am not bothered at all, by the way ppl speak, as long as
1- they are not swearing
2 - they are not being rude towards me

I wouldn't, however, want to have to learn how to speak it, at my age. Glad i was born here to start with.
...and dat's a fact, jack:wink:

I will say this, lol, in defense of all those that use 'colloquialisms'...
it is quite difficult at times, to be around ppl with strong accents, etc. and hear current 'area' sayings, without picking some of them up, some times.
I do however, wish, that for easier understanding of what i am reading, ppl would use their education on commas.
I shake my head a lot over things written without them.
To me, a comma is like a blinker when driving. It lets me know when to slow down, or pause. :wink:

I hate it when I hear people say something like "...and on tomorrow, we'll meet about this...."

ON tomorrow? How do you get ON tomorrow?

And subject verb agreement mishaps...I can't even go there, because it drives me crazy!

The grandmother taught all her children and grandchildren the following rhyme...There was was a little boy who said aint. He fell into a bucket of paint. When he got out, he said with a shout, "I'll say isn't or aren't not aint".

I in turn taught it to my children and grandchildren. It seems once they hear it, they dont forget it.

Here are a few of mine (like chalk on a blackboard):

yenz for you worsh for wash double negatives dont got no etc. I seen instead of I have seen or I saw.

Margie

My husband told me last night that he wanted me to post one of his... irregardless. Double negative, much?

Oh, I hate that one!

And when people say supposably (sp?) instead of supposedly? Drives me nuts, too.