RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoJust because it’s better than windows doesn’t make it goodlemmy.mlimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down191
arrow-up1470arrow-down1imageJust because it’s better than windows doesn’t make it goodlemmy.mlRmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s different, in that its grammatical in a dialect but not in Standard American English. In particular, it’s using the ‘habitual be’. It’s saying something like “people don’t think it always is like it currently is, but it’s always like this.”
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year ago“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975. It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAs an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?
That’s different, in that its grammatical in a dialect but not in Standard American English.
In particular, it’s using the ‘habitual be’. It’s saying something like “people don’t think it always is like it currently is, but it’s always like this.”
It’s a Futurama quote, my dude
“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975.
It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
That is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
As an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?