that is uncontroversial. as a turkish lived in canada, usa for a time period, i think u guys dont have so much right to criticize our law 301. Like burning american flag is illegal in usa , insulting ataturk is illegal here. Every country has got its own defense mechanism which is necessary for their independence and secularity.
Ummm...burning the American flag is **NOT** illegal in the USA. While offensive to many, many, many Americans...the fact is that the highest court in the United States has TWICE upheld the right of Americans to burn the US flag. It is considered freedom of expression and is protected by our constitution.
Ummm...you are wrong again...please do your research before responding again. In 1984, the Supremem Court UPHELD a Texas Appellate court decision which found a man who burned the flag in Texas was protected by the first Amendment. The court specifically pointed out that while burning the flag is not protected speech (since nothing is being spoken)...it IS protected expression.
And the point is that UNPOPULAR expressions are still protected in the USA....unlike in Turkey, apparently.
inmany countries it is illegal to burn and thanks got we are a real nation who respect our flag cause it the symbolizes many thing for us. That is why i tell american people are like sheep, u can fool them with false expression laws since they dont have so much national proud and moral. we cant say the same thing for greeks or turks who are old civilizations.
it is really ironic that you dont know full laws of your states. it is only allowed to burn in soem certain states.
Ant the reason it is not illegal in some states is to make americans feel that usa has the most free expression. However, u cant make me belive that it is so free since it's so much regualted and people are pressed under strick laws
"No Count" is the original expression, and it dates back a couple of hundred years, at least. It can be applied to anything of little or no value.
"Count" is a modernism; a sarcasm of the traditional expression, and, when applied to food, probably pertains to high calorie count as an added pun.
Southerners rarely if ever use the word "are", by the way. It's always contracted. A more accurate rendition of "What are y'all doing" would be "What'ch'all doin'"? Ben
While it's good to learn different things, I wouldn't recommend using southernisms unless you are actually in the south. Even then it sound weird if you weren't born there.
We all went to the store. They all ate the cookies. Y'all (you all) are late. "Y'all" follows other forms that Northerners use. Northerners (and everybody else) also use contractions like "can't," "aren't," and "haven't," so "y'all" should not be worse than other contractions in speech. I recently moved to Florida, and sometimes I find it difficult to understand the local accent.
I hope I didn't give the impression that it was bad to say y'all. I love the fact that there are so many different kinds of English in the world and I hope it stays this way. If we all started speaking exactly the same way, travelling wouldn't be very interesting for a start.
A common variation in NZ for the second person plural pronoun is youse. I remember once when a NZ girl won an oscar, in her speech she said: "I love youse all".
You didn't suggest it was bad, but Northerners in the U.S. often look down on people who say "y'all." I think "y'all" follows from the same types of phrases that other Americans use.
that is uncontroversial. as a turkish lived in canada, usa for a time period, i think u guys dont have so much right to criticize our law 301. Like burning american flag is illegal in usa , insulting ataturk is illegal here. Every country has got its own defense mechanism which is necessary for their independence and secularity.
KarpuzcuAmca 4 years ago
Ummm...burning the American flag is **NOT** illegal in the USA. While offensive to many, many, many Americans...the fact is that the highest court in the United States has TWICE upheld the right of Americans to burn the US flag. It is considered freedom of expression and is protected by our constitution.
whoasuckaa 4 years ago
in some states it is illegal to burn american flag.
Though, it must be ilelgal to burn in any states. Burn it in texas and see how u will be welcomed.
Btw, burning a national flag is not freedom of speech.
KarpuzcuAmca 4 years ago
Ummm...you are wrong again...please do your research before responding again. In 1984, the Supremem Court UPHELD a Texas Appellate court decision which found a man who burned the flag in Texas was protected by the first Amendment. The court specifically pointed out that while burning the flag is not protected speech (since nothing is being spoken)...it IS protected expression.
And the point is that UNPOPULAR expressions are still protected in the USA....unlike in Turkey, apparently.
whoasuckaa 4 years ago
inmany countries it is illegal to burn and thanks got we are a real nation who respect our flag cause it the symbolizes many thing for us. That is why i tell american people are like sheep, u can fool them with false expression laws since they dont have so much national proud and moral. we cant say the same thing for greeks or turks who are old civilizations.
thanks
KarpuzcuAmca 4 years ago
You are right--our countries have different philosophies. It was good to talk with you.
whoasuckaa 4 years ago
it is really ironic that you dont know full laws of your states. it is only allowed to burn in soem certain states.
Ant the reason it is not illegal in some states is to make americans feel that usa has the most free expression. However, u cant make me belive that it is so free since it's so much regualted and people are pressed under strick laws
KarpuzcuAmca 4 years ago
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please read this before arguing
en dot wikipedia dot org/ wiki / Flag_desecration
KarpuzcuAmca 4 years ago
we wait for turkey
AZBEKA 4 years ago
You might notice as well the Southerners also drop the letter "G" whenever possible.
Ben
stone1home 5 years ago
"No Count" is the original expression, and it dates back a couple of hundred years, at least. It can be applied to anything of little or no value.
"Count" is a modernism; a sarcasm of the traditional expression, and, when applied to food, probably pertains to high calorie count as an added pun.
Southerners rarely if ever use the word "are", by the way. It's always contracted. A more accurate rendition of "What are y'all doing" would be "What'ch'all doin'"? Ben
stone1home 5 years ago
While it's good to learn different things, I wouldn't recommend using southernisms unless you are actually in the south. Even then it sound weird if you weren't born there.
Machination1 5 years ago
True. Maybe I should mention that.
thedailyenglishshow 5 years ago
The Canadian version of "y'all" is "yous all," in case you were interested ^^;
artsyrezuri 5 years ago
... Instead of saying "goodbye," people around here (in Florida) often say "have a good one" (but they don't pronounce the "d" in "good").
philosophydude 5 years ago
We all went to the store. They all ate the cookies. Y'all (you all) are late. "Y'all" follows other forms that Northerners use. Northerners (and everybody else) also use contractions like "can't," "aren't," and "haven't," so "y'all" should not be worse than other contractions in speech. I recently moved to Florida, and sometimes I find it difficult to understand the local accent.
philosophydude 5 years ago
I hope I didn't give the impression that it was bad to say y'all. I love the fact that there are so many different kinds of English in the world and I hope it stays this way. If we all started speaking exactly the same way, travelling wouldn't be very interesting for a start.
thedailyenglishshow 5 years ago
A common variation in NZ for the second person plural pronoun is youse. I remember once when a NZ girl won an oscar, in her speech she said: "I love youse all".
thedailyenglishshow 5 years ago
You didn't suggest it was bad, but Northerners in the U.S. often look down on people who say "y'all." I think "y'all" follows from the same types of phrases that other Americans use.
philosophydude 5 years ago
Yeah because Northerners are so much better than Southerneres (sarcastic)
charleshamel 5 years ago