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country grammar (rojie’s version)

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Currently listening to: Country Grammar – Nelly

Play by my rules, boo, and you gon’ stay high
May I answer your Third Question like A.I
Say hi to my players left in the slamma
From St. Louis to Memphis, from Texas back up to Indiana
Chi-Town, K.C., Motown to Alabama
L.A., New York Yankee sluggers to Hotlanta
Louisiana, gettin paid off this country grammar
Smokin’ – in Savannah, blow thirty mil’ like I’m Hammer

What’s one writing rule that you completely ignore?

Prompt created by yours truly. 
Feel free to use any prompts for August that I post and/or tag me.
I’d love to read your responses

Korean is my first language, English is my second language, and Spanish is my third language.

I’m also fluent in Spanglish, Engrish, gen z, millennial, North-Central American English/Upper Midwestern dialect and the Texan twang/drawl. When I was in Boston, I annoyed the SHIT out of people when I returned to Minnesota with that Eastern New England English.

People in California love to point out my Minnesotan accent. Ya shore, you betcha!

I still don’t know what Gambit (Channing Tatum) was saying in Deadpool & Wolverine half the time till I turned on the subtitles.

Anyway, I digress.

I am quite possibly an English teacher/professor’s + Beau Mec’s worst nightmare. If my English educators could see me now.

I learn the rules so I can break them. Teehee.

I was worse though… like WhN I TyPeD LyK DiS.

Hmm things that I currently do?

  • not typing the first letter of the title in caps. It’s the aesthetics for me.
  • incorrectly using ellipsis …
  • hella typos or missing words but I honestly think I’m too tired to reread what I originally wrote and will catch it the next day after it’s published
  • starting sentences with “and,” but,” or “so”
  • fragmented sentences
  • overuse of the — em dash

I’m sure there are more, feel free to comment about them. LOL!

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31 responses to “country grammar (rojie’s version)”

  1. Ajinkya Rane Avatar
    Ajinkya Rane

    linguistic badass imo I feel like its important to relate to the people where we live and speaking like them builds a rapport so I see that skill as a win. when it comes to writing though I usually am strict with myself. When it comes to others I observe the way they write and it tells me a lot about them. I can tell where they are from by the phrases they use, I can guess how old they might be by their references, I can gauge the amount of effort they put into their work by their consistency and writing style. I try not to gauge intelligence because street smarts and book smarts vary and is not always obvious in writing but if their thoughts are coherent then I know they don’t lie and are able to express themselves efficiently despite grammatical errors. Cool stuff rojer!

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      frfr. like i try to do the same, i think a lot about how pple write and their style… i’d say it is very unique to that person in some ways

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      1. Ajinkya Rane Avatar
        Ajinkya Rane

        Yup!😎

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  2. Hazel Avatar
    Hazel

    One of your branding I saw is lowercase letter in the first sentence. 🤭 that’s Rojie’s style. I’ve seen some many commas before the next sentence.

    I just like that. Identification. I don’t know what’s mine coz I just comment normally.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      hehe yasss thank you, Hazel!

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  3. Cai Avatar
    Cai

    Relax. Your written word slang/ accent makes your style.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      hehe thank you, Cai! 😀

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  4. Sammi Avatar
    Sammi

    I am from Canada, but my accent is a weird fusion of Eastern Canada (that is I think what most ppl think is the Canadian accent – a bit of Newfoundland English – which btw is unintelligible at best most times lmaoooo – don’t believe? https://www.tiktok.com/@kopke613/video/7667972560629271815?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc and btw.. Gambit’s accent is French… or German, but I think French!) and Southern drawl… some ppl actually think I’m from Georgia!! XDXDXD Bees loved my southern drawl. XD I just say y’all naturally. I think it’s actually hilarious… and then, I have a rogue British accent some ppl say I have. ^^

    I suppose that I can see where they are coming from except the southern bit, bc while my dad’s side is from America… his family is all NYC and NJ based. 😮

    I want to learn Korean. I have an overwhelming passion for all things Korean… this I have no idea why either. 😮 I have a friend that I say 안녕하세요 to but that’s all. 😀 Her name is Sun-Joo. 🙂 She is very sweet natured. :3

    I am stealing the habit of lower caps (like e.e. cummings?) from you, bc I think that is too cute!!

    💜💜💜💜

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      i think gambit’s is more cajun lol which is super hard to understand for me. aww you should learn more from sun-joo!! hehe steal away~~

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  5. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar
    Nicholas K F Matte

    Write something in Texan twang/drawl!! Then:millennial!! Just 4 fun!! Yo yo!

    I use a mic sometimes and it’s Dante’s cigarette!! Then, auto-type can get me giffy on the niffy ya know yut yut👽?

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      lol maybe when i have more time

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  6. Nicholas K F Matte Avatar
    Nicholas K F Matte

    Awwww okeee

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  7. Brian Crock Avatar
    Brian Crock

    When I write professionally, I stick to the rules; however, when telling a story on my blog, I love to break grammar rules. I know it irritates the strict grammar folks but it fits my style.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      i totes agree!!

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  8. Little Shubunkin Avatar
    Little Shubunkin

    And it’s OK to start with ‘and’. But why not. So do it. 😄

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      hehe thank you!!

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      1. Little Shubunkin Avatar
        Little Shubunkin

        My pleasure! 🙏🏻👍🏻✌🏻

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  9. William Torres Jr. Avatar
    William Torres Jr.

    I love this 😂 You definitely have your own writing voice, and honestly, that’s part of what makes writing fun. Sometimes breaking the rules is how personality shines through.
    And being fluent in that many languages is pretty impressive 😄👏

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      hehe thank you so much!!

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  10. Jake Avatar
    Jake

    Im pretty good with the names of food’s abd drinks in other languages.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      those are the most important.. and the cuss words

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  11. Info-Man Avatar
    Info-Man

    My all grammars suck , either Hindi , English or even Punjabi, i shit in all 3 . 😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      LOL but these are really hard languages!! so you get a pass. btw i think your english is great!

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      1. Info-Man Avatar
        Info-Man

        Hindi and Punjabi are similar, if you know Hindi you will understand Punjabi and Urdu too , yeah in writing they all are different.

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        1. justrojie Avatar
          justrojie

          snaps… that’s too much lol

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  12. ianmdudley Avatar
    ianmdudley

    I try to follow the rules of grammar, I really do. But some of them lack symmetry and I find that … discomforting. Those rules I usually ignore.

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      break them all, i say!

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      1. ianmdudley Avatar
        ianmdudley

        And let God sort them out!

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  13. ibarynt Avatar
    ibarynt

    I like the ellipsis too much 😁

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    1. justrojie Avatar
      justrojie

      hehe me too!!

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  14. mixerrreviewsatxn Avatar
    mixerrreviewsatxn

    Nelly – Country Grammar was the album that changed everything with the soundscape of St. Louis rap and St. Louis hip hop back in 2000. The year 2000 was the year everything changed in St. Louis rap. Rappers from St. Louis like Nelly would embrace their Southern roots as embracing their Southern roots and acting country was the “in thing” in hip hop/rap by that point. What Nelly did was he adopted the Southern drawl into his accent with a Midwest twang. Nelly was the first rapper in the city to adopt a Southern drawl in an accent with a Midwest twang using melodic R&B type sing-rapping that was so melodic. Rappers in the city would soon follow Nelly’s lead and adopt Southern drawls into their accents with a Midwest twang using melodic R&B type sing-rapping. One could call this album a country rap album because of this.

    The album also used a new subgenre of rap called St. Louis bounce which was similar to Atlanta rap but was more melodic and country. St. Louis bounce dominated the early part of the 2000s as every rapper in the city began using that subgenre of rap, style, and sound. This led the city of St. Louis to become a hotbed of hip hop/rap throughout the entire 2000s decade leading the city have a period of dominance in the real of hip hop/rap. The city was known for producing fun energetic upbeat party and club music during that time. Some rappers even outside the city began using that sound such as Unk.

    This is what lead his debut album to be so commercially successful eventually reaching diamond status selling over 10 million copies. Wack or not, Nelly – Country Grammar was and still is the most successful rap album from the city of St. Louis selling 11,000,000 million copies. This was a unique feat given how no other rapper in the city during that time reached that amount of success or momentum. This was also a unique feat given how economically depressed of a city St. Louis is. But outside distribution from Universal Records helped Nelly become a successful rapper with a huge presence and great career along with his singles that got constant radio play on radio stations in the United States. Nelly’s unstoppable stream of success in the early 2000’s was a force to be reckoned with as his 2000 debut album Country Grammar became certified diamond by the RIAA.

    However Nelly was criticized by critics and haters for using a Southern accent while being from St. Louis, Missouri. Many critics considered Nelly to be wack due to him adopting the Southern drawl into his accent. He was accused of selling out due to his crossover appeal in the realm of pop music with his internationally known pop rap sound.

    The city of St. Louis was a hotbed of hip hop/rap throughout the entire 2000s decade. St. Louis had a good rap scene prior to 2003. This album was product of a time before St. Louis started churning out wack rappers like Chingy, J-Kwon, Sexxy Red, Huey, Ruka Puff, and Jibbs. Even though Nelly is wack by some people’s standards, he made waves with his music during the earlier part of the decade.

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