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| Autor: | adri |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 21/JAN/2005 5:19 PM |
| Assunto: | Re: I wanna go to da boozer |
| Mensagem: | I never said "wanna" and "gonna" were slangs. But I wouldn't call them substandard English. They are ways to reproduce spoken English. It's ok to use them as long as you're aware that they're inadequate to more formal contexts. Not all foreigners are as naive as to think that the usage of "gonna" and "wanna" shows command of the language. I use them on MSN all the time and it's perfectly adequate to the purpose it serves. It has nothing to do with wanting to sound cool, fluent or proud. People shouldn't be so paranoid about that. Not everything you write is supposed to sound like academic writing. Recent studies show that the language used in chatrooms bears a lot more resemblance to spoken conversation than to actual written language. In short, the usage of gonna, wanna and slangs is harmless "unless circumstance indicates otherwise." =) Regards, Adriana |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
jewelry – sonia 20/JAN/2005, 5:27 PM Re: jewelry – André Oliveira 20/JAN/2005, 5:34 PM Re: jewelry – Dale 20/JAN/2005, 7:05 PM Re: jewelry – Ron 20/JAN/2005, 8:42 PM gonna/wanna/etc – adri 21/JAN/2005, 9:42 AM Re: gonna/wanna/etc – Dale 21/JAN/2005, 3:19 PM Re: gonna/wanna/etc – adri 21/JAN/2005, 4:04 PM Re: gonna/wanna/etc – André Oliveira 21/JAN/2005, 4:37 PM to andré – adri 21/JAN/2005, 5:56 PM Re: to andré – André Oliveira 22/JAN/2005, 7:52 AM Re: to andré – adri 24/JAN/2005, 1:29 PM Re: jewelry – André Oliveira 21/JAN/2005, 10:57 AM I wanna go to da boozer – José Roberto 
21/JAN/2005, 12:30 PM Re: I wanna go to da boozer – adri 21/JAN/2005, 3:37 PM Re: I wanna go to da boozer – Dale 21/JAN/2005, 3:50 PM 
Re: I wanna go to da boozer – adri 21/JAN/2005, 5:19 PM Gonna hell if not use going to – José Roberto 21/JAN/2005, 7:22 PM Re: Gonna hell if not use going to – adri 24/JAN/2005, 1:32 PM Re: Gonna hell if not use going to – José Roberto 25/JAN/2005, 5:34 PM Re: Gonna hell if not use going to – adri 26/JAN/2005, 1:35 PM