"Nobody should be AXED to work for free. Nobody."

[Sparko]

First of all lets do some fact checking. The very first thing I found was that she didn't write this, this is someone writing a quote of her. http://kcmopost.blogspot.dk/2016_05_01_archive.html

If that is the case, then presenting it like that is highly irresponsible. She no more said 'axed' than someone from Kansas said 'un' instead of 'and'.

no, it is pretty clear when someone says "Axed" instead of "ASKed" - it is not a mistake like a non-native english speaker might make. Your English is great by the way, but if you made a pronunciation mistake, we would know it was because you are not a native english speaker. This woman is. She is head of the teacher's union. She should know how to say "asked" and should speak proper english, not some ebonics crap.

And she would not have WROTE "axed" either, hopefully in writing, the woman would have written "asked" - if not then things are worse than feared.

[Leonhard]

no, it is pretty clear when someone says "Axed" instead of "ASKed" - it is not a mistake like a non-native english speaker might make. Your English is great by the way, but if you made a pronunciation mistake, we would know it was because you are not a native english speaker. This woman is. She is head of the teacher's union. She should know how to say "asked" and should speak proper english, not some ebonics crap.

And she would not have WROTE "axed" either, hopefully in writing, the woman would have written "asked" - if not then things are worse than feared.

Actually this comes off as mildly weird to me. So do you then agree that saying 'un' would be a mispronunciation as well, and that the person saying that, should have said 'and' instead?

[Sparko]

Actually this comes off as mildly weird to me. So do you then agree that saying 'un' would be a mispronunciation as well, and that the person saying that, should have said 'and' instead?

who says un for and? they might say an', like in, "I went to thuh store an' then went home." but that is quite a bit different than saying "axed" for "asked" and a teacher should know better. Especially speaking in public.

[Cow Poke]

Civic disobedience.

Which has consequences.

[Adrift]

Source: The Knight's Tale from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The somer passeth, and the nyghtes longe
Encressen double wise the peynes stronge
Bothe of the lovere and the prisoner;
I noot which hath the wofuller mester.
For shortly for to seyn, this Palamoun
Perpetuelly is dampned to prisoun
In cheynes and in fettres to been deed,
And Arcite is exiled upon his heed
For evere mo as out of that contree,
Ne nevere mo he shal his lady see.

Yow loveres axe I now this questioun,
Who hath the worse, Arcite or Palamoun?
That oon may seen his lady day by day,
But in prison he moot dwelle alway;
That oother wher hym list may ride or go,
But seen his lady shal he nevere mo.
Now demeth as yow liste ye that kan,
For I wol telle forth, as I bigan.

© Copyright Original Source

[Sparko]

Source: The Knight's Tale from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The somer passeth, and the nyghtes longe
Encressen double wise the peynes stronge
Bothe of the lovere and the prisoner;
I noot which hath the wofuller mester.
For shortly for to seyn, this Palamoun
Perpetuelly is dampned to prisoun
In cheynes and in fettres to been deed,
And Arcite is exiled upon his heed
For evere mo as out of that contree,
Ne nevere mo he shal his lady see.

Yow loveres axe I now this questioun,
Who hath the worse, Arcite or Palamoun?
That oon may seen his lady day by day,
But in prison he moot dwelle alway;
That oother wher hym list may ride or go,
But seen his lady shal he nevere mo.
Now demeth as yow liste ye that kan,
For I wol telle forth, as I bigan.

© Copyright Original Source

Yeah I don't think that would pass any modern English test. It looks worse than one of Cow Poke's posts.

[Adam]

Finally liked something Adrift wrote.

[hamster]

it's detroit so she might have meant axed

[Sparko]

it's detroit so she might have meant axed

thus my first post in the thread.

[Juvenal]

Anybody else holding back the giggles on a Texan making sport of somebody else's English?

[Sparko]

Anybody else holding back the giggles on a Texan making sport of somebody else's English?

Says the guy who claims to live in a southern swamp.

[Carrikature]

To tell you the truth, since Cow Poke provided no links I was confused about what this was about as well. I've started looking into it now.

It's pretty simple. The district is expected to run out of money July 1st. Teachers are concerned they won't get paid for summer school or misc special programs.

[Juvenal]

To tell you the truth, since Cow Poke provided no links I was confused about what this was about as well. I've started looking into it now.

I searched out the link first thing, but don't want to harp on it, as it's hard to see it as anything more than race-baiting. If you listen carefully to the audio, yes, she does, just barely, say "ask" in a form that sounds a bit more like "axe," but it's subtle.

Unless you're a racist.

[Sparko]

I searched out the link first thing, but don't want to harp on it, as it's hard to see it as anything more than race-baiting. If you listen carefully to the audio, yes, she does, just barely, say "ask" in a form that sounds a bit more like "axe," but it's subtle.

Unless you're a racist.

[Juvenal]

http://kcmopost.blogspot.com/2016/05...naissance.html

KcmoPost covers news commentary, satire and consumer advice, relevant to Kansas City MO or the country. Collect our political art:tease a friend.

The image is enough to show this is where CP found the story. How CP happened to run across that obscure blog is anyone's guess, but there's no foul in claiming the emphasis on "axe" vs. "ask" is racist. I will say it's obvious why he didn't bother linking it.

The first law of grammar criticism. Violated.

And especially inappropriate from anyone who peppers their posts with "done-ifying" and "y'all."

Here's the CBS story with the video. You'll need to turn off your ad-blocker to view it.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/detroit-...ial-struggles/