Meaning of as she is spoke | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Deliberately ungrammatical alteration of as it is spoken.
   derogatory, humorous, sometimes
2. In practice.
   broadly

Examples

“‘To read⟳, not to talk⟳—that is to say⟳, not well. […] That’s how I speak⟳ Arabic, as she is spoke, you know⟳—no better.’”

“Doubtless some examples of Chinese as she is spoke by foreigners who stick⟳ to the dictionary and neglect⟳ to make⟳ the colloquial changes are as amusing to the Chinese as those of some foreigners who try⟳ to speak⟳ English are to us, for example the German ministerial student in Chicago who quoted a text of Paul, ‘The ghost is willing, but the meat is feeble.’”

“[…] many outside poets had French as their international language rather than English, so (not understanding French as she is spoke but only written) I at least was reduced much of the time to trying to catch⟳ my own⟳ train⟳ of thought, rather than listening to other people’s.”

“The other aspect of this process⟳ that hurts the old-guard native speakers of English is the loss of culture – their culture – that has been embedded in English. Newcomers to English don’t recognise⟳ references to Shakespeare or the Bible so what kind of impoverished English do they speak⟳? […] There are very few such references to be found in English as she is spoke by the upcoming generations.”

“But if this be so, or if courts believe⟳ it to be so, the sooner the aid of this higher power is invoked to give⟳ law “as she is spoke” by judges on the bench some affinity with reason⟳ and “common intelligence,” the better for these courts.”

“He was right: AI modelling of ‘law as she is spoke’ is a tall order⟳.”

“We are interested in understanding “Java as she is spoke” — that is, in the way Java programs are actually structured in the real world — rather than how we fondly imagine⟳ Java programs should be written.”

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