Re: I Speak American

[OncleBoo at aol_com]

In a message dated 8/9/2003 9:05:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, edwardsaaron2000 at yahoo_com writes:


> Actually, what we have is a regional dialect. And I
> might argue, a lot of our dialect is based purely on
> ignorance of the true meaning of a word, for instance,
> what does thw word Diva really mean? No what does the
> media tell us it means? Sorry, touchy subject. I hate
> VH1 ande all thier croneys if for no other resaon,
> giving us this perverted form of the word.


Perverted??  Just why is a media-created alternate meaning of a word any less valid than an alternate meaning that evolves in some other subculture?


Steve
oncleboo at aol_com

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