"First of all the word is with, w-i-t-h, not wit, we don't speak ebonics in this country"

[Catherine Vincent]

A cspan republican caller from Chester, Pennsylvania on yesterday told the cspan moderator this. I don't know who he was correcting but the moderator was Susan Swain and she did not prounounce with incorrect as this jerk suggested.

What an ass!

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[stirlingsliver]

2. "Pasty" White People?

Are they better or worse than white people who sit out in the sun and risk skin cancer?

[bbernardini]

4. You make a good point.

Perhaps "doughy" would have been a better word. Of course, that's bound to offend the bakers here. ;)

[LanternWaste]

9. it's about the same

Speaking as a pasty white person, it's about the same 'cause we sit indoor all day long reading and writing, never getting exercise.

[Maccagirl]

3. That was uncalled for

a nasty remark is a nasty remark, regardless whether it's proactive or reactive prejudice.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. Well said

[TahitiNut]

12. Indeed.

... but it's like pissing into the wind around here. :shrug:

[NorthernSpy]

5. in other words, Southern accents are wrong and unAmerican.

Perhaps we should undertake a language purity campaign to stamp them out.

Sheesh... who knows what the Stalinist Right will come up with next?

[Silent3]

6. You mean: ...and she did not pro-XuX-nounce...

"with" incorrectly as this jerk suggested.

Just sayin'... ;) :D

[Bill McBlueState]

7. more from the freedom hatin' right

Since this is (supposedly) a free country, we can speak whatever dialect we want. :eyes:

[knowledgeispwr]

8. I like dialects...

As long as they aren't fake (like Bush's) I find variations in language quite interesting. It's sad that someone had nothing better to do than to call up c-span to complain about a perceived 'error.'

[Speck Tater]

10. At least (thank God) we don't allow people to go on the air in American and...

... speak French!!!

[porphyrian]

13. It's "wit" if you're ordering a philly. - n/t

[AspenRose]

14. I would have come back with 'whatsamatta yooooo?'

That would have left 'wit' out.