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Did your grandma use good grammar?

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Posted - December 3, 2021

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  • 10642
    She used good grandmar.
      December 3, 2021 2:54 PM MST
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  • 6023
    Nope. 
    She was raised by her German immigrant grandparents in Oklahoma, and spoke/wrote like it.  
      December 3, 2021 3:03 PM MST
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  • 11005
    My grandma left school at age 11 and went to work in a lumber camp. Her grammar and her vocabulary reflect that. 
      December 3, 2021 6:24 PM MST
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  • 13277
    reflect reflected
      December 3, 2021 9:54 PM MST
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  • 44617
    Maybe her grandma is still alive.
      December 4, 2021 4:00 PM MST
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  • 17599
    I don't know.  I remember hearing her speak very little.  The most interesting thing she said to me was "Never play cards or drink beer."  I guess those were the two worst things in which one might engage.   Based on old papers we found in my mother's house, my grandmother was quite a character. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at December 8, 2021 9:23 PM MST
      December 3, 2021 9:40 PM MST
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  • 13277
    None of my four grandparents attended college or were well-educated at all. But all were quite intelligent and passed that on to their children, especially my maternal ones, who were extremely proud of sending my mother to college at Cornell (where she was sorority sisters with Ruth Bader) and my uncle to college at Yale and law school at the University of Chicago.
      December 3, 2021 10:00 PM MST
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  • 44617
    Nice of you, but you didn't answer the question.
      December 4, 2021 11:18 AM MST
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  • 13277
    And?
      December 4, 2021 11:22 AM MST
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  • 53509

     

      I noticed the same thing.
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      December 4, 2021 12:40 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

      I’ve never known my biological father nor anyone from his family. My memories of my maternal grandmother’s style of speaking center on how ”country” she was.
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    This post was edited by Randy D at December 8, 2021 9:24 PM MST
      December 3, 2021 11:31 PM MST
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  • 2999
    Yes, she did.  Funny you mention my Grandmother.  This morning I looked in the mirror and saw my Grandmother, it startled me for a min, now I'm just depressed. Time has run out......
      December 4, 2021 2:37 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Yes. 
      December 4, 2021 6:51 PM MST
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  • 23577

    Yup

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      December 8, 2021 9:23 PM MST
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  • 7792
    She was black and from the deep south. She had to quit school to raise my mother. So no. She didn't use good grammar. A great grandma she was though.
      December 8, 2021 9:38 PM MST
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