Frustrations in Teaching - II

[dcseain]

Following up on this post, i have a poll on use of the subjunctive in Modern English. I've read all your comments on the last post, and am using them to compose the follow-up, and i belive, culminating post on this topic.

Oh, and i'd like to point out that not all of the following are valid, and some are only valid in limited contexts in some dialects, insofar as i am aware.

[Poll #1001250]

Comments

[dglenn.livejournal.com]

Er ... I think I may have more than one dialect. A couple of those that I marked as not-correct in 'my' dialect, I'm quite accustomed to hearing from strangers in my area. A few that I marked correct, I would expect to hear at RenFest or SCA/Markland events, or when someone were trying to evoke a relevant mood or be tryin' ta sound like a pyrate.

Beyond that, what feels natural to me is probably an amalgam of central-Maryland suburban, central-Marylamd urban, academic, Shakespeare/KJV-ish, and a strange mistranslated-Middle-English-oid; shifting with context, audience, and desired effect.

Then agin', mah accent changes too, tho' less off'n than it usedta. (And I learned the habit of using 'ain't' tight here in Maryland.)