He pretty good at keeping the audience engaged while walking the HR/FCC line

A is A said:

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May be an unpopular opinion, but I enjoy that duo more than most at the college level.

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If only Beth Mullins was part of the team!

What if I told you there's no such thing as Standard English? Don't worry, this doesn't mean all your efforts in teaching or learning English (or both) have been in vain, but linguistically speaking, there is not just one Standard English, and even first-language (L1) speakers of English can sound very different from each other.

So instead of trying to learn or teach 'Standard English', which most L1 speakers don't even use anyway, it's more important to focus on teaching or learning how to communicate in English.

There is more than one variety of English
English is spoken all around the world, and has official or special status in more than 80 countries (Crystal 2019: 114). So it comes as no surprise that there are many different varieties of English: depending on where in the world English is spoken, there will be some differences in grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and so on. Just a few varieties of English are:

British English,
American English,
Australian English,
South African English,
Irish English,
Canadian English,
Scottish English,
New Zealand English,
Caribbean English.
For example, a 'biscuit' in British English is called a 'cookie' in American English, and the vowel in the word 'bath' sounds different in many varieties of English, like Welsh, Irish, British and American English.

https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2020/02/24/no-such-thing-as-standard-english/

CaliforniaAggie510 said:

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What if I told you there's no such thing as Standard English? Don't worry, this doesn't mean all your efforts in teaching or learning English (or both) have been in vain, but linguistically speaking, there is not just one Standard English, and even first-language (L1) speakers of English can sound very different from each other.

So instead of trying to learn or teach 'Standard English', which most L1 speakers don't even use anyway, it's more important to focus on teaching or learning how to communicate in English.

There is more than one variety of English
English is spoken all around the world, and has official or special status in more than 80 countries (Crystal 2019: 114). So it comes as no surprise that there are many different varieties of English: depending on where in the world English is spoken, there will be some differences in grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and so on. Just a few varieties of English are:

British English,
American English,
Australian English,
South African English,
Irish English,
Canadian English,
Scottish English,
New Zealand English,
Caribbean English.
For example, a 'biscuit' in British English is called a 'cookie' in American English, and the vowel in the word 'bath' sounds different in many varieties of English, like Welsh, Irish, British and American English.

https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2020/02/24/no-such-thing-as-standard-english/

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We have a late entry in the Worthless Post of the Year category.

Better than Danielson

jonb02 said:

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The English language died a long time ago. No cap.

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"No cap"

Tired of this one already. Or how new is this one?

A is A said:

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May be an unpopular opinion, but I enjoy that duo more than most at the college level.

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Agreed. It's all about entertainment. And they succeed. His goal is to separate himself from everyone else. Unique sells.

If you want to see somebody butcher the English language and still be a good game commentator, look up Dizzy Dean quotes.

Maybe your generation should have done a better job of being parents :-( oldmanyellingatcloud.gif

Shut up dork

jonb02 said:

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He said that?

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Last game he did for us, I'm paraphrasing heavily here, but he said something along the lines of those men are like the Roman soldiers carrying Jesus up to be crucified. I was in complete disbelief. Now I believe RGIII to be a good guy, and a follower of Jesus Christ, and personally chalked it up to a very poor choice of words trying to be entertaining, but I never saw an apology. Granted, I looked for a reaction later the same day and maybe once the following day and saw very little public outrage and I quit looking. Decided maybe I was too sensitive or something. I didn't think it was worthy of a network apology, but I thought RGIII should have made a statement.

Now do Ebonics

Some people on this board would beatch if Jesus Christ was doing the color.

I would be one of them. I don't speak Aramaic.

CaliforniaAggie510 said:

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What if I told you there's no such thing as Standard English? Don't worry, this doesn't mean all your efforts in teaching or learning English (or both) have been in vain, but linguistically speaking, there is not just one Standard English, and even first-language (L1) speakers of English can sound very different from each other.

So instead of trying to learn or teach 'Standard English', which most L1 speakers don't even use anyway, it's more important to focus on teaching or learning how to communicate in English.

There is more than one variety of English
English is spoken all around the world, and has official or special status in more than 80 countries (Crystal 2019: 114). So it comes as no surprise that there are many different varieties of English: depending on where in the world English is spoken, there will be some differences in grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and so on. Just a few varieties of English are:

British English,
American English,
Australian English,
South African English,
Irish English,
Canadian English,
Scottish English,
New Zealand English,
Caribbean English.
For example, a 'biscuit' in British English is called a 'cookie' in American English, and the vowel in the word 'bath' sounds different in many varieties of English, like Welsh, Irish, British and American English.

https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2020/02/24/no-such-thing-as-standard-english/

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It depends. If you said all that to me in person I'd be annoyed AF.

I think it's weird you took the time to type all of that.

Lake08 said:

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Some people on this board would beatch if Jesus Christ was doing the color.

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Well can you imagine the commentary?

"Anias Smith has his 2nd TD of the day. You're welcome Anias!"

He makes it about himself though. He loves to hear his own voice. Adds no real insight and lives for the cheesy zinger. No thank you. Just like umpires the best color commentators are the ones you don't know their name.

ClearlyJustSomeAg said:

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A is A said:

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May be an unpopular opinion, but I enjoy that duo more than most at the college level.

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I like RG3 and Bob. RG3 clearly loves the sport and gets excited about what he's watching.

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He's become the equivalent of what Bill Walton is to basketball, and I'm all for it. When you've watched as many games as this old, you can do color yourself. I don't need or want the same old boring stuff. And yes, he'll say stupid things occasionally, but he's having fun. Much bigger things to get worked up over.

RG3 is very good at commentary. I'm glad to hear this.

RGIII is great!

Sq4fish83 said:

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CaliforniaAggie510 said:

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What if I told you there's no such thing as Standard English? Don't worry, this doesn't mean all your efforts in teaching or learning English (or both) have been in vain, but linguistically speaking, there is not just one Standard English, and even first-language (L1) speakers of English can sound very different from each other.

So instead of trying to learn or teach 'Standard English', which most L1 speakers don't even use anyway, it's more important to focus on teaching or learning how to communicate in English.

There is more than one variety of English
English is spoken all around the world, and has official or special status in more than 80 countries (Crystal 2019: 114). So it comes as no surprise that there are many different varieties of English: depending on where in the world English is spoken, there will be some differences in grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and so on. Just a few varieties of English are:

British English,
American English,
Australian English,
South African English,
Irish English,
Canadian English,
Scottish English,
New Zealand English,
Caribbean English.
For example, a 'biscuit' in British English is called a 'cookie' in American English, and the vowel in the word 'bath' sounds different in many varieties of English, like Welsh, Irish, British and American English.

https://www.cambridge.org/elt/blog/2020/02/24/no-such-thing-as-standard-english/

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We have a late entry in the Worthless Post of the Year category.

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When did become an expert on language? What are your credentials? I'll wait.