Oh, sheesh.

The four-year-old just said (about me)..."Her shaked her head no." Her dad corrected her..."SHE shaked her head no."

I guess we should be glad his job is math-based.

Posted by Tina on Thursday, February 12, 2009
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9 comments:

sara said...

In his defense, it does sound right. Or is that correct?

February 13, 2009 at 9:51 AM  
Tina said...

Peter's son says shook.

February 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM  
sara said...

That was supposed to be a joke about usage of right vs. correct. Grammar jokes aren't funny. Still, unlike "You was..." shook doesn't sound all sorts of wrong. Maybe AC/DC is to blame?

February 13, 2009 at 3:23 PM  
Almost Famous said...

I think my all-time favorite is "I seen..."

Gah.

February 13, 2009 at 4:51 PM  
Deadpan Alley said...

Here's the vernacular conjugation:

"I shake"

"She shakes"

"Before that, she shook"

"In the past, he has shooken"

February 13, 2009 at 6:26 PM  
John M. Spangler said...

Boy, does this hit close to home. At the Redeye in Minneapolis in January, I played SEEKED* and my opponent, Melissa Brown, a great gal against whom I really enjoy playing, looked at me quizzically (naturally) and put me on hold before challenging it. On the way back from the computer word judge, I whispered to her, *You gotta remember I grew up in Appalachia." She broke up in stitches. Self-deprecating humor is the best kind.

See you WV folks in Elyria!

Montani semper liberi -- even if our English usage is a bit off.

February 14, 2009 at 7:24 AM  
Jennifer said...

This made me smile.

p.s. Shooken? For real?

February 25, 2009 at 2:11 PM  
Tina said...

I didn't see your comment before, John! I think keeping a sense of humor does help us mountain folk quite a bit (as long as a certain ex-Vice-President isn't taking the joke too far).

And, Jennifer...fo shizzle.

February 25, 2009 at 4:27 PM  
Brad Mills said...

Said veep is named "Dick" for a reason, dear. :)

February 25, 2009 at 10:20 PM  

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