How to Pronounce "properly"

[meboriqua at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "ender_w" <ender_w at m...> wrote:
> 
>   I student taught this past semester in a very rural southern 
highschool where most of the kids had thick southern accents and spoke 
so fast they barely finished their words>
> 
>   And they wrote just like they spoke.  Trying to correct grammar 
was a losing battle, so in the end, I was assimilated and started 
talking with *their*  accent (which amused them all greatly).>

I do that, too.  I tell my students to watch out because I am a thug 
(they just love that, considering my 5'1" Jewish body).  There are 
many other words they use that I joke around with: "I'm getting 'aggy' 
(irritated)", "Don't front", and "You playin'!".  It not only makes 
them laugh, but also makes them think about the language they use and 
how silly it can sound.  As my students get to know me throughout each 
semester, they start to watch their words and without any prompting 
from me, work on explaining themselves better than "That sh*t sucks".  

  <None of my kids could seem to pronounce my last name: Driscoll.  I 
would get called Mz. Driscoe, Friscoe, Crisco...and my favorite: on my 
last day, they all threw a party for me and one kid got up and wrote 
on the board: "Happy last day, Miss Disco."  another student 
corrected him and he was about erase it, but I said "No! Leave it!"  
because it amused us all so much.>

LOL!

--jenny from ravenclaw********************************