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11-15-23, 07:10 PM
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Hello,
I've been thinking about getting a bike and found Bike Forums a few weeks ago. I'm glad I did! It's very informative.
Oddly enough, I was as impressed by the language used here as much as the information.
Are ya'll English? Dang if I don't think I'm inna fancy skool room sumwheres.
I've been thinking about getting a bike and found Bike Forums a few weeks ago. I'm glad I did! It's very informative.
Oddly enough, I was as impressed by the language used here as much as the information.
Are ya'll English? Dang if I don't think I'm inna fancy skool room sumwheres.
11-16-23, 08:25 AM
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Thank you, thank you very much.
Some of us are eddicated real gud, and we have everybody from doctors to lawyers to nurses to teachers to mechanics, which leads to its own eclectic mix of lexicons.
Some of us are eddicated real gud, and we have everybody from doctors to lawyers to nurses to teachers to mechanics, which leads to its own eclectic mix of lexicons.
11-16-23, 08:42 AM
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Are ya'll English?
I think the overwhelming majority are from the USA. Canadians and UK are about equal I think. And then there are those from South and Central America, the Middle East region, various Asian nations. Also not to be forgotten are those down under from Australia that perhaps are also more plentiful than some of the previously mentioned.
It does get confusing sometimes not knowing country or region that a member is from. As sometimes questions ask or advice given might be somewhat country or region specific.
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I keep an open tab with a dictionary. When my brain gets tired of big words I visit an RV forum. Them boys done seen it all and are here to tell ya.
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11-16-23, 10:28 AM
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I've been thinking about getting a bike and found Bike Forums a few weeks ago. I'm glad I did! It's very informative.
Oddly enough, I was as impressed by the language used here as much as the information.
Are ya'll English? Dang if I don't think I'm inna fancy skool room sumwheres.
Oddly enough, I was as impressed by the language used here as much as the information.
Are ya'll English? Dang if I don't think I'm inna fancy skool room sumwheres.
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11-16-23, 11:03 AM
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11-16-23, 11:50 AM
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I stay in Holiday Inn Expresses as much as possible if I'm on a road trip. I also use Grey Poupon. It helps.
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Yes, it can be very informative. But, you will have to learn the hard way that the language you use in these forums, and precisely how you say things, can be a catalyst for some personal ridicule. It may appear to you that there are some in these forums whose sole purpose here is to belittle others. Otherwise, welcome.
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11-16-23, 03:16 PM
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11-16-23, 06:18 PM
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I done did the skoolifying so I done speaked the Merica talk reel gud. Sure I ain't no fancy like you know Jeffs Foxworthy or nuthin but I done did it. You know peeples done did the stuff for to the so you can have the bicycle huffy or what you done needed if you done knows what you gots to wantin'.
Hell indyfabz grandma is gud eetin if you ain't not done can have a piece then you done not know wut the stuff can has if you done it. But some peepels done don't gots the wantin' to be eatin grandma cause they say she done be two old but you done can put some of that fancy gray poopins on it crack open some budwiser and you gots you some gud eatins. least that done be what I done said heer.
Leftclique Enjoy the new bike! Hope you become a regular poster and enjoy the fun we have here.
Hell indyfabz grandma is gud eetin if you ain't not done can have a piece then you done not know wut the stuff can has if you done it. But some peepels done don't gots the wantin' to be eatin grandma cause they say she done be two old but you done can put some of that fancy gray poopins on it crack open some budwiser and you gots you some gud eatins. least that done be what I done said heer.
Leftclique Enjoy the new bike! Hope you become a regular poster and enjoy the fun we have here.
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I done did the skoolifying so I done speaked the Merica talk reel gud. Sure I ain't no fancy like you know Jeffs Foxworthy or nuthin but I done did it. You know peeples done did the stuff for to the so you can have the bicycle huffy or what you done needed if you done knows what you gots to wantin'.
Hell indyfabz grandma is gud eetin if you ain't not done can have a piece then you done not know wut the stuff can has if you done it. But some peepels done don't gots the wantin' to be eatin grandma cause they say she done be two old but you done can put some of that fancy gray poopins on it crack open some budwiser and you gots you some gud eatins. least that done be what I done said heer.
Leftclique Enjoy the new bike! Hope you become a regular poster and enjoy the fun we have here.
Hell indyfabz grandma is gud eetin if you ain't not done can have a piece then you done not know wut the stuff can has if you done it. But some peepels done don't gots the wantin' to be eatin grandma cause they say she done be two old but you done can put some of that fancy gray poopins on it crack open some budwiser and you gots you some gud eatins. least that done be what I done said heer.
Leftclique Enjoy the new bike! Hope you become a regular poster and enjoy the fun we have here.
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11-16-23, 11:21 PM
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Jalapeño, please. It ain’t English.
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11-17-23, 12:23 AM
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Correct capitalization matters, too. Especially when I tell you about the time I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse.
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