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princess-has-a-pen:
etrowi:
batdad:
fuyunoakegata:
dickgrysvn:
audreycritter:
audreycritter:
dickgrysvn:
Give me Superman with an awful southern accent. Give me Clark Kent sounding like he grew up on a farm (oh wait). Give me Superman the Journalist using y'all and all y'all and ain’t. Basically just give me Superman from Kansas
And DEFENDING IT.
“No, Lois, it’s not bad English. It’s a descriptive grammar theory and it serves a linguistic function.”
“C'mon, Smallville, are you really defending your use of ain’t?”
“Some of us actually went to class in college. If y'all are gonna give me a hard time about it, I’m gonna fight back.”
Clark making that “oop” noise when he bumps into inanimate objects.
But can you imagine Clark being so conditioned to this he bumps into an unmoving Bruce in the Watchtower once, and Bruce just slowly turns to stare at Clark and now it’s Clark’s turn to freeze because he just ‘oop'ed freaking Batman.
Or using ‘ain’t’ once around Bruce and Bruce just slowly goes rigid and stares at him.
“Did you just say ‘ain’t’?”
“Umm… yes?”
“You’re a writer!”
“Yeah, Bruce, and I’m also a farm boy from Kansas. It’s a legitimate word. Just because I don’t write with it doesn’t mean I don’t say it!”
And Bruce can’t even believe the indignity.
I want to see him defending it as a legitimate contraction for am not.
Clark: But Bruce, amn’t just sounds ridiculous. Ain’t just sort of rolls off the tongue, though…
Bruce: *stares*
Clark: I’ll accept that you shouldn’t use it with he or she or they, but it should be acceptable to use with I…
Bruce: *stares more*
Clark: it is a word, it’s just non-standard English…
Bruce: *turns away, flipping his cape dramatically as he goes, managing to hold in his laughter until he is somewhere even Clark can’t hear him*
Clark pronouncing wash like it has an r in the middle of it when he’s tired and forgets that people will treat him like the worst sort of hayseed over it.
“You ain’t gettin’ away this time Luthor!”
*Lex immediately stops in his tracks and turns around* “‘AIN’T???’”
“What is this, Captain Planet?”
-Lex Luthor
princess-has-a-pen:
etrowi:
batdad:
fuyunoakegata:
dickgrysvn:
audreycritter:
audreycritter:
dickgrysvn:
Give me Superman with an awful southern accent. Give me Clark Kent sounding like he grew up on a farm (oh wait). Give me Superman the Journalist using y'all and all y'all and ain’t. Basically just give me Superman from Kansas
And DEFENDING IT.
“No, Lois, it’s not bad English. It’s a descriptive grammar theory and it serves a linguistic function.”
“C'mon, Smallville, are you really defending your use of ain’t?”
“Some of us actually went to class in college. If y'all are gonna give me a hard time about it, I’m gonna fight back.”
Clark making that “oop” noise when he bumps into inanimate objects.
But can you imagine Clark being so conditioned to this he bumps into an unmoving Bruce in the Watchtower once, and Bruce just slowly turns to stare at Clark and now it’s Clark’s turn to freeze because he just ‘oop'ed freaking Batman.
Or using ‘ain’t’ once around Bruce and Bruce just slowly goes rigid and stares at him.
“Did you just say ‘ain’t’?”
“Umm… yes?”
“You’re a writer!”
“Yeah, Bruce, and I’m also a farm boy from Kansas. It’s a legitimate word. Just because I don’t write with it doesn’t mean I don’t say it!”
And Bruce can’t even believe the indignity.
I want to see him defending it as a legitimate contraction for am not.
Clark: But Bruce, amn’t just sounds ridiculous. Ain’t just sort of rolls off the tongue, though…
Bruce: *stares*
Clark: I’ll accept that you shouldn’t use it with he or she or they, but it should be acceptable to use with I…
Bruce: *stares more*
Clark: it is a word, it’s just non-standard English…
Bruce: *turns away, flipping his cape dramatically as he goes, managing to hold in his laughter until he is somewhere even Clark can’t hear him*
Clark pronouncing wash like it has an r in the middle of it when he’s tired and forgets that people will treat him like the worst sort of hayseed over it.
“You ain’t gettin’ away this time Luthor!”
*Lex immediately stops in his tracks and turns around* “‘AIN’T???’”
“What is this, Captain Planet?”
-Lex Luthor
