By Conversations, Colloquialisms

Hello teachers,well, could you give us some more examples on colloquialism, language street? I mean, things that are said on everyday informal conversation. This is not about slangs or idioms, this is about the act of modifying sentence's structure.For example:1. Watcha wanna do = what do you...

From: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/symbols_facts&lists/canadianisms.html loonie A dollar. The Canadian $1 coin has a loon (the bird) on one side. toonie Two dollars. The Canadian $2 coin is gold-coloured in the middle, with a silver-coloured ring around the outside. It takes its name...

It depends on the age and intentions of your students, Seyfihoca. If these are young students who are going to use the language for academic purposes, then I would teach them only 'as I told you' as the correct form, and let them learn themselves of 'like I told you' as a colloquialism if they...

I don't think it helps to get snooty about language. What is 'correct' is always a matter of debate anyway. The language we speak now is different to the language spoken by our grandparents in their youth, which was different to their grandparents, and so on and on... It is hard to define...