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What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?
Rona, I found the following comment regarding the lyrics of Le Tigre's song "What's Yr Take on Cassavettes" at What's Ya Take on Cassavettes Lyric Meaning - Le Tigre Meanings Please note, the comment contains many grammatical errors and should not be considered to be an example of correct Standard English. However, the comment may help you better understand the meaning of the song lyrics.How can I understand this part of a song lyric?
What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?
Feeling better now?After some thought, I'd like to object very strongly on the prohibition this place appears to enforce on texting and twittering abbreviations.
(1) In this case it is entirely wrong because the "yr" is a direct quote.
(2) People learn English where they do it, not where they ought to do it by someone's arbitrary decree.
(3) If the texting abbreviations exercise even native speakers often enough, they must be nearly insuperable to learners.
(4) English has never been a prescriptivist language of a prescriptivist culture. A language without officially defined spelling and grammar rules is based entirely on usage.
(5) The texting usage is only growing. Whether you hate it or not.
I will even go so far as to protest what I will call the hectoring tone so often adopted to those who sneak in a texting abbreviation.
I don't think you will find many examples of anybody 'hectoring' new members on the first occasion they do this.That doesn't excuse us hectoring people who slip in the occasional "u".
Oh, it's in the dictionary all right. But the purpose of speaking is to be understood, not to force others to run for the word-lists.
We prefer that people do not use it.A question regarding the off topic question....What about text speak like LOL which has been added to the dictionary, among other such words.....