Post by BlackCatWhiteCat on Jun 10, 2007 18:50:32 GMT -5
That one song by Tim McGraw. I think it's called "I Like It, I Love It". Yes, yes. It's country. I know. I'm from KY. This stuff was force fed to me. Anyway... Tim's the only country artist as a whole that I like and his songs comprise 80% of the FEW country songs I like. So all that aside, this REALLY bugs me every time I hear that song:
"I throwed out my shoulder but I won her that teddy bear".
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!! Everything about that REALLY bugs me. I mean, come on. I've heard artists use really bad grammar before and I could excuse it (sort of) because I realize the word was hard to rhyme otherwise, or it just fit with the mood or whatever. But oh man. This really gets me. It just totally perpetuates the stereotype that people from the South are a bunch of dribbling idiots that don't wear shoes and never learned how to read. Hmmm...well maybe a lot of country songs do that. But still!
Aside from that I just can't stand it because I'm really big into grammar and spelling. Not saying I'm perfect with it, but glaring mistakes get to me. Every time I hear that lyric it makes me cringe. EVERY time.
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"I throwed out my shoulder but I won her that teddy bear".
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!! Everything about that REALLY bugs me. I mean, come on. I've heard artists use really bad grammar before and I could excuse it (sort of) because I realize the word was hard to rhyme otherwise, or it just fit with the mood or whatever. But oh man. This really gets me. It just totally perpetuates the stereotype that people from the South are a bunch of dribbling idiots that don't wear shoes and never learned how to read. Hmmm...well maybe a lot of country songs do that. But still!
Aside from that I just can't stand it because I'm really big into grammar and spelling. Not saying I'm perfect with it, but glaring mistakes get to me. Every time I hear that lyric it makes me cringe. EVERY time.
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"If I'm going to be desensitized into a mindless stock animal, I may as well do it with a cushy ergonomic seat and magnificent THX-certified sound. -Kevin Murphy
I know the song you're talking about, since my parents made us listen to country until we were old enough to have our own cars and radios which we could tune to the local rock station (or in my case, sometimes the oldies, though increasingly they play 60's/70's and I mostly HATE white 60's music). But I digress. It bugs me too.