'Merica
 

How do you feel about the use of the "word" 'Merica?

I received an email from a business with this subject:
"Happy Independence Day 'Merica.....

Am I just too old and out of step to think we deserve the respect of using the full word America? At least they got Independence Day correct! ;)

I go on record as liking things according to the old rules. Like the old way to write wedding invitations and shaking hands with a firm grasp and standing up to show respect.

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I can see it happening in people's speech (I wish I could STOP saying "gonna"), but it seems somehow disrespectful seeing it in print, as if the writer is intentionally trivializing the word, so therefore the country. I may be over reacting...

Not crazy about it. It's like when people write X-Mas for Christmas. Some words just shouldn't be shortened.
"Gonna" is okay with me. :D

Urban Dictionary: merica

It seems to have some baggage with it. Of course, most people do not use a word after looking up in the dictionary as to what it means to Urban Dictionary.

IMHO it's disrespectful and I do not like it. I think it sounds a bit like a put down of a Hispanic accent. And, I suppose it is just another "modernization" of this age we live in ................... but, it will always be AMERICA to me!

When I think of America, I think of a news reel I saw a million years ago, of a ship filled with Jewish survivors coming to America from the Holocaust .... it will forever be burned in my memory.

"Yea, and I do say gonna".

Merica or Murica. Some say it's patriotic....some say it's redneck.

Here is a patriotic depiction:

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I seem to associate it with country music for some reason? TOP 100 Country Songs 2017 - BEST Country Music Songs

It's actually from a Saturday Night Live skit starring Will Ferrell parodyingPresident G.W. Bush's Texas drawl. Right along with "nucluer"

I believe that should be "nucular"!!!:loco:

Wrong, Mary Jane. It's pronounced new-clear.:1rotfl:

I know that. I was referring to the common mispronunciation being "nucular," not "nucluer."

I knew that. I was just typing..........

I take the wrong route when typing or speaking but certain things should not be abbreviated or need to be looked up in the Urban Dictionary by a 60 year old. Don't mess with America, Christmas amongst others. I cringed when President Bush said Nuclear but from where he is from that's the way its said.

njbchbum I would sent that email back to the sender lickety split if not sooner. I'm sure you probably already have. :bigbow:

I too, will stick with America.

From Dictionary.com. Word origin: from Americus, Latin form of Amerigo; after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian navigator and explorer who explored the New World.

You know me too well! LOL Now wondering if that should give me cause to ponder! Nah! ;)

I knew you two would get along. I have great taste in friends.

When did Mary Jane change her name from CFrance. I'm so confused. Maybe it's the fireworks.

HAPPY 4th!


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Mrs. Gracie, njbchbum helped enormously as did you with our decision where to throw out the anchor. We are Nucky-Lucky to have such good friends/advisors, lets not forget The Lobster Gang.:wave:

How many people could have such good friends that one of the guys offered to send me a Bag 'O Snakes when we were in NJ just so I could get acclimated? :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: Guess who?

I used to be LADY Jane when my mother was mad at me.:rant-rave:

Are you Jane Eyre whom Charlotte Bronte wrote about? Famous - just saying. Do you give autographs?


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Was she constantly in trouble with her mother too??