[etni] Re: FWD: comparative adjectives

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Sorry, but I have to differ with you on this.  I guess it depends where you
are in North America.  Though it looks strange in writing, it doesn't sound
the least bit odd to me and I spent the first 23 years of my life in North
America (mainly in New York).

Bari

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> Subject: [etni] FWD: comparative adjectives
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> >For example,    you can say tireder or more tired.  It depends on the
> >dialect.
>
> Maybe you can say 'tireder' according to some grammar book you consulted,
> but if you said it in N. America, people would think you uneducated.
> Downright, low class.
> It sounds like 'slum English'.
> In fact, out of this context, I would have trouble reading the word
> properly. It looks like 'ti-reder' which is gibberish.
> I would think this to be doubly so in Britain, but who knows, maybe the
> Cockneys talk like that.
>
> Gary/Gershon
> Calgary, Canada
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