Day 3 WE Do you speak American?

I certainly enjoyed today's video; it was both informative and entertaining. I was surprised at some of the new vocabulary or Pittsburghese that surfaced. Yins was new for me and my father was from Pittsburgh. Aht was also new. In Massachusetts, yins would be youins, but it would be interesting to look at these equivalents across the US. I was also intrigued by the grammar hotlines. What a great idea since there are so many public aberrations of "standard" English that could be easily corrected with just a call.
I continue to be shocked by and ashamed of the practices of some people in the teaching profession. The example of the boys at MLK High School who were ignored in the almost all-white school because of their use of black vernacular is shocking. What is more disturbing is that, despite the incident having taken place a few decades ago, history will repeat itself in a similar scenario with a diffierent minority.