Comments on: Bad Grammar Parody Video

By: leonard

leonard — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:17:04 +0000

BillyB: Recent comments brought me here, great video you grammarist done. Grammar Nazi [Hipparchos: "horse master"]

By: leonard

leonard — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:37:13 +0000

You are so right on about “good grammar!*!*!*!*!* Hear is the song AMERICA – A horse with no name – 1975 the video was refering to(steve martin)
keep up the good works [segregating] is what it is…works and churls

By: bsomebody

bsomebody — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:15:33 +0000

Good stuff. See! You should always listen to the paperclip.

By: BillyB

BillyB — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:58:58 +0000

This was too funny not to post it here, Hitler and the Grammar Nazis… disclaimer: not for the easily offended

By: bigbhd95

bigbhd95 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:20:47 +0000

Dearest Marina you explain it very well & I wonder if you believe that with such a large area
accents play a very large role since the vocalization (sound)
can & often are different{ being from bklyn N.Y.} accents have played a large part for me during my many years of travling . this country anyway B.B.

By: melikadothechacha

melikadothechacha — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:34:19 +0000

SO vivid it would blow your mind!….

By: Chemikal

Chemikal — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:15:28 +0000

just how vivid?

By: protac6

protac6 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:07:05 +0000

Geez this is better than the original. Really though

By: koalabear

koalabear — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:13:30 +0000

I totally agree.
I also worry, that if students are not taught grammar they will consider English to be a difficult subject to be avoided, rather than enjoyed.

I hope you enjoy making the videos as much as we enjoy watching them.

All the best.

By: Marina

Marina — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:21:59 +0000

koalabear, people seem to feel that the idea of “good grammar” is a way of segregating people.. a way of making someone feel low class and someone else upper class (exclusion).. and that certain groups of people may purposefully use a certain “type” of grammar to “fit in” with others in the same group. (And what’s funny, is that, by trying to fight the system of “proper” grammar, a new form of grammar is then created, which has its rules as well – much like how punk rockers wanted to be different, but ended up the same in their own group, grunge, emo’s, etc..).

BUT… I do believe that there are certain rules that need to be followed in grammar… otherwise, what’s the point of even teaching grammar (or language for that matter) in school? I almost feel that this attack on the idea of “good grammar” is almost an attack on eduction as a whole.

I feel that grammar rules allow children to be taught the structure of their language.. and if you standardize these rules, you can teach everyone in a particular language to be able to communicate with each other. If you do away with standardization, I feel that you actually run the risk of creating GREATER segregation, as different groups will sound totally different and may even have trouble communicating with each other… which is the exact opposite effect that those opposed to the idea off “bad grammar” want to see happen.

Definitely a controversial topic that I didn’t realize was as controversial until this video came out