Mark Twain was a master of such word usage. He had an ear for how the language was spoken, for better or worse, and employed "casual English" quite often.
I had a teacher in grade school that claimed " There ain't no such word as ain't" , but Webster disagreed . Unfortunately Mr. Webster was not our teacher. Merry Christmas.
I’m so glad I found this channel back when Red Dead came out! I’ve always been fascinated by the history of the old west and love learning more about this time frame. Keep ip the good content Santee!
"Ya got some muneh for me, boah?" Thank you, guys for keeping the spirits of the west alive since 8 years, now. Merry Christmas and Happy new year, y'all. 🎅🤠
@@ArizonaGhostriders If, You Speak Proper English Then Folks Should Be Able To Understand Your Meaning Better Because Of 400 million words... Not to mention scientific & technical words. Harper Collins Dictionary. 1988 reprinted 2003. Yup..
Interesting video! I remember when I was back in school we got whipped emotionally using the word ain't. As a non-native English speaker I was amazed since you did hear the word in many films, video games and such. They did not bother to tell people that before writing an essay. In Finland they focus too much on the grammar to my money. In addition, merry X-mas to you all!
@@ArizonaGhostridersYou are welcome! The tearchers may have not whipped us but they did evaluate the skill in grammar mostly. That's why many grade A students could not pronounce English 😂 I learned the language by playing video games and watching Western movies.
I recommend your channel to my friends who always make fun of my love for history and the old west. Came in the other day and they were watching the one where u interviewed the performers and they were like “man we should go check this stuff out ” lol oh how the tables have turned. Merry Christmas Ghostriders!
I am going to give my daughter a bag of soup for christmas. Thanks for the idea Dirty Dan! Have a very Merry Christmas Santee and all the Arizona Ghostriders.
I had no idea how to research for a western story I'm currently writing, with my main inspiration being, of course, Red Dead, and I didn't want to use that as my main source of information. This channel makes it easy for me to get bite sized chunks that inspire me to look further into certain topics, and have gotten me to pay more attention to the little details in my story that I would've otherwise glossed over :)
A grammar professor was pontificating on the finer points of grammar, about double negatives, even triple negatives, but no language had double positives. Wise guy in the backs says, "Yeah, right."
Wishing Santee, Dan, and the other Ghostriders a very Merry Christmas. Thanks Santee for a wonderful channel with fantastic information. I am always learning something new. Y'all are the best!
Merry Christmas to you too, Santee! Thanks for another great episode. If I'm ever part of a reenactment or I dress up for something I'll be sure to slip these words into my character.
Thanks Sir for the best video on western twang, which I was waiting to see. So I've enjoyed. There's a few Hollywood actors I enjoy listening to in the old Westerns . Merry Christmas to all of you at Arizona Ghostriders .
Be it big or small, I always learn something new about the Old West from you guys. Thanks for all the great videos and for making 2020 a little more bearable, hope you all have a great Christmas and a happy new year.
Another great show, and have a Merry Christmas as well! And as always, I'm gonna nag you for that episode on investing and stock exchanges in the old west!
Hello santee I don’t know if you remember me but I’m Isabella and I commented on your other videos and you like my comments but I enjoyed this video I hope Arizona ghostriders have a good Christmas 😊
Merry Christmas to all in the Arizona Ghostriders community! Thank you very much for this episode, Santee! Not all Texans have accents these days, brether! Too many transplants 😂😂😂 Wishing you all the best for this Christmas season!
Merry Christmas from the never-green side of the Evergreen state! I hope you guys get some snow, because it’s not looking likely where I’m at. Have a happy New Year too, Ghostriders!
Thank you for these awesome videos. My g-g-grandfather went to America as a young man. He left Ireland and wrote home saying he’s never met so many Irish people out of his own green isle. Same with our Scot cousins I believe. We have no idea of his exploits. He returned minus part of one ear and a chunk out of his jaw as well as some old photos we still have. Spent the rest of his days in Ireland. America it seems, was not for him. I’d have loved to have gone with and seen the sights..and probably die though
@@ArizonaGhostriders certainly are! I grew up on my grandads farm and they didn’t spare the work. It’s helped with living history though as you kind of have a vague idea of what ranch life may have felt like. We still have his watch - it’s rather fun because it’s a patent lever watch itself but the case is silver from Birmingham. Thanks again for these videos, they’re really fun to watch and very informative.
Hey just wanted to say that yall are awesome... Haha.. Just bought my first single action revolver recently an I cant help but feel yall played a part in it.. Love watching your videos an cant wait to watch more
Great video Santee, enjoyed the details. thank you. Good to see Dirty Dan. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all of the Arizona Ghostriders and there families.
Merry Christmas Cheese, and thanks for all you do !!!! ..... and that includes putting in a clip from THE best version of Scrooge, the 1970 version with Albert Finney !!! ha ha ha ....and yes I have it on dvd, and yes I am off to find it right now :-) "yer, darn tootin i am"
Well ill be darnder the AGR logo keeping a keen eye on the Christmas tree or if you like Tannebaum. Thanks for the greetings and sorry about the spelling...nicely done!!!!!
Dirty Dan looking particularly resplendent in those red cowboy boots. Haha Merry Christmas - Happy Holidays to you and the Arizona Ghostriders and everyone here!
As a Texan, I can confirm that we do have accents! I found this channel a bit ago and have enjoyed it since then! Thank y'all for the great entertainment and merry Christmas, or whatever y'all celebrate. Also if possible, could y'all make a dressing the part for the "guns for hire" or "mercenary". I haven't seen alot of videos on it.
Thanks! There was no standard "uniform" for hired guns. I did one on Dressing....the Outlaw, which covered a lot of gunmen. NOW, I may do one on Hollywood versions of them.
I'd love a companion video of old west swears! First thing I like to learn when picking up a new language is how to swear, and how to find the bathroom hahaha! Merry Christmas from the Salt River Valley amigo
Well ain’t that a cool thing y’all have a merry Christmas and a happy new year it’s you we all like and I like you just the way y’all are make each day a special day by just your being you and the best person y’all ever be is your honest self!
Your videos are... well... fine as cream gravy. I ain't ever had any, but I'll trust your word it's good. Merry Christmas Santee to you snd everyone at Arizona Ghostriders.
I appreciated your reference to Roughing It. The foundations of American slang were laid early on, predating even the rise of the jive talk introduced by the jazz culture of New Orleans, which was an early, but not primary, contribution. The California Gold Rush era gave rise to, or pushed forward and solidified, many colloquialisms that persist today. It is surprising how common and familiar many of them are. The Roughing It chapter "Buck Fanshaw's Funeral" is a treasure trove of them. Today, additional layers are accruing that have emerged from geek speak and hip hop. We might hope that those contributions will lack the longevity of adoptions made during earlier periods of American history.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Let's talk about Pilgrim and Cavalier hats, their direct connection to the rise of the piloncillo sombrero in colonial Mexico, and its direct connection to the Tom Mix style of hat favored by it's accidental namesake, Tim McCoy (real hero), and Elmer Keith. It is a style unparalleled--- unexceeded. I have been wearing them since the early 1970s, and currently have two--- one in 1920s style, the other appropriate for 19th Century wear. "The Boss of The Plains" was a piece of crap. Those hats you gentlemen are wearing are insufficient to protect from the Arizona sun.
Mark Twain was a master of such word usage. He had an ear for how the language was spoken, for better or worse, and employed "casual English" quite often.
Yes.
I am from the great state of Texas. For your information, we do not have accents......everyone else does. Marry Christmas Goastriders.
LOL!!! Yes.
I had a teacher in grade school that claimed " There ain't no such word as ain't" , but Webster disagreed . Unfortunately Mr. Webster was not our teacher. Merry Christmas.
Right!
I’m so glad I found this channel back when Red Dead came out! I’ve always been fascinated by the history of the old west and love learning more about this time frame. Keep ip the good content Santee!
Much appreciated!
Same here
"Ya got some muneh for me, boah?"
Thank you, guys for keeping the spirits of the west alive since 8 years, now.
Merry Christmas and Happy new year, y'all. 🎅🤠
Much appreciated.
I don’t have money, but I have some faith.
I know a guy who has a plan.
Yup...
Much To Said About AMERICAN English Speaking....
Blessings To Fellow American Patriots.
Amen
Which we wouldn't have were it not for the British.
@@ArizonaGhostriders If, You Speak Proper English Then Folks Should Be Able To Understand Your Meaning Better Because Of 400 million words... Not to mention scientific & technical words. Harper Collins Dictionary. 1988 reprinted 2003. Yup..
Wishing the Arizona Ghostriders the gifts of the season - Peace, Joy, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Thanks for another Saturday morning learning moment!
Ooooo!! Yes. You too!
Ditto on all of the above, except make mine Pinot Noir! ;)
Well it ain’t Christmas, but mine would be whisky. Leave the bottle.
I love your festive hat accessories Santee!
I thought so!
Interesting video! I remember when I was back in school we got whipped emotionally using the word ain't. As a non-native English speaker I was amazed since you did hear the word in many films, video games and such. They did not bother to tell people that before writing an essay. In Finland they focus too much on the grammar to my money. In addition, merry X-mas to you all!
Thanks for sharing that story of your youth!
@@ArizonaGhostridersYou are welcome! The tearchers may have not whipped us but they did evaluate the skill in grammar mostly. That's why many grade A students could not pronounce English 😂 I learned the language by playing video games and watching Western movies.
Merry Christmas folks. All the best to you and your’n.
Happy holidays!
and a MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL FROM HERE IN ENGLAND, .
Thank you and you as well
Ho, ho,ho...Merry Christmas from Lincoln Park Michigan.
Same to you!
Thanks this will help a lot because i’m doing a old west tabletop rpg with my friends and I have to get the lingo down, Merry Christmas!
Glad it helped!
Love this channel! Thank you for the Western history clips you do!
Glad you enjoy it!
Merry Christmas to all! Stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
Another great video brother. Thank you.
You bet. Hope you are having a SILVER and GOLD holiday. Knowing you as I do, I imagine you are going though the silver right now.
I recommend your channel to my friends who always make fun of my love for history and the old west. Came in the other day and they were watching the one where u interviewed the performers and they were like “man we should go check this stuff out ” lol oh how the tables have turned. Merry Christmas Ghostriders!
Wow, thanks for sharing!
Merry Christmas!👍🏾😀❤️🇺🇸
You too!
I am going to give my daughter a bag of soup for christmas. Thanks for the idea Dirty Dan! Have a very Merry Christmas Santee and all the Arizona Ghostriders.
Happy holidays! LOL!
Thank you for the reading list. It is very much appreciated!
No problem 😊
Merry Christmas to all of you.
You too!
Merry Christmas Ghost Riders! My Ancestors came from Finland and settled in the U.P of Michigan. My Uncle Walter always called Oregon the Nort West.
Very cool!
Merry Christmas to all you riders out there, another good one Santee!
Thanks, you too!
I had no idea how to research for a western story I'm currently writing, with my main inspiration being, of course, Red Dead, and I didn't want to use that as my main source of information. This channel makes it easy for me to get bite sized chunks that inspire me to look further into certain topics, and have gotten me to pay more attention to the little details in my story that I would've otherwise glossed over :)
Thank you! Much appreciated, and good luck with the book.
"Ain't That Grand?" Thanks AG. Merry Christmas to you all. Feliz Navidad!
Happy holidays!
I ain't none to fond of that fancy talkin' no how! Great video Santee! Merry Christmas!
Same to you!
Merry Christmas, y'all!
You Too!
Well sir that was a fine as cream gravy I ain't not never seent a better one!!!
Merry Christmas Santee &Dirty Dan!!!
Thanks you too
A grammar professor was pontificating on the finer points of grammar, about double negatives, even triple negatives, but no language had double positives.
Wise guy in the backs says, "Yeah, right."
Merry Christmas Santee I hope all you guys down there have a grand time!
You too!
Hey Santee,
Can you do an episode on Birthdays in The Old West
-DinoFan
Sure.
If Bill Brazelton gave you a gift, would that make him the Ghost of Christmas Present?
LOL! Yes. That's the spirit!
HI Santee! May you and your family and everyone at Arizona Ghostriders have a blessed and beautiful Christmas!
Same to you!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Arizona Ghost Riders
You too!
Howdy Santee happy holidays
You as well.
Merry Christmas Santee!
Thank you. You too!
Good one Santee! Merry Christmas buddy and crew!
Same to you!
Merry Christmas Santee & Co. !
Same to you!
Merry Christmas Santee. 👍
Same to you!
A merry christmas and a happy new year for the Arizona Ghostriders in a good health
Thank you, Danny! Stay well
Dan’s got great taste (the hat & red boots) 🥴😜👍🏼❤️🇺🇸🤠, Merry Christmas to all 🎅🏼🤙🏼
🤠 You too!
Wishing Santee, Dan, and the other Ghostriders a very Merry Christmas. Thanks Santee for a wonderful channel with fantastic information. I am always learning something new. Y'all are the best!
Our pleasure! Thank you!
Santee!!!! Merry Christmas, Season Greetings 🎄🎄
Peace and blessings 🤗🤗
Much love 🥰🥰
Martina 🌺🌺
Happy holidays!
Great video. I would like to wish the entire AGR family a blessed and very Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Same to you!
Merry Christmas all!
Happy new year as well.
Merry Christmas to you too, Santee! Thanks for another great episode. If I'm ever part of a reenactment or I dress up for something I'll be sure to slip these words into my character.
Much appreciated.
Merry Christmas to you and your crew! JIM BCC AZ
Same to you!
Thanks Sir for the best video on western twang, which I was waiting to see. So I've enjoyed. There's a few Hollywood actors I enjoy listening to in the old Westerns . Merry Christmas to all of you at Arizona Ghostriders .
Wow, thanks
Another great video to start my Saturday morning! :) Merry Christmas!
Thank you!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Thank you!
Great video Santee interesting stuff you did there thanks for sharing that 👍👊🤠
Enjoy that delicious soup 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
🤠 LATER PARD 🤠
🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅
Thanks 👍 LOL!
Keep up the good work looking forward to the next video
Thanks! Will do!
Merry Christmas Santee and crew!
Same to you!
Merry Christmas Santee hope u have a good day and keep being a great outlaw
Thanks, you too! That is, if you're an outlaw.
Of course im an outlaw that why I love your channel and videos
Be it big or small, I always learn something new about the Old West from you guys. Thanks for all the great videos and for making 2020 a little more bearable, hope you all have a great Christmas and a happy new year.
Our pleasure! Thank you!
Merry Christmas to all the Ghostriders. May the New Year bring joy, Happiness, and many new adventures.
Same to you!
When I moved from Cali to NC, I affected a drawl not to stick out. This episode plum tickled me! Merry Christmas, Ghostriders!
Thank you!
Hi Santee, great subject you guys have picked! A merry Christmas ghostriders, has always we see ya down on this trail amigo.
Thanks, you too!
Merry Christmas Arizona Ghostriders from a fan in Western Australia!
Thanks and you too!
Loved this!! Merry Christmas
Thank you! You too!
And yet another fine video! Merry Christmas🎄 Santee, Have a Great New Year! 🎉🍾...
And we'll see ya'll down the trail.
Thanks! You too!
Another great show, and have a Merry Christmas as well! And as always, I'm gonna nag you for that episode on investing and stock exchanges in the old west!
I know, Robert. Be patient. Some requests take awhile.
@@ArizonaGhostriders No worries! You guys rock, and I know you'll do a great job!
Very cool! I’m use to the Appalachian language of Western NC and some of it did come west!
Right on
Hope you had a good t day an hope you an your family have a great Christmas an happy New year
Thank you! You too!
Hello santee I don’t know if you remember me but I’m Isabella and I commented on your other videos and you like my comments but I enjoyed this video I hope Arizona ghostriders have a good Christmas 😊
Yes! Thank you for watching and commenting and have a good Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all in the Arizona Ghostriders community! Thank you very much for this episode, Santee! Not all Texans have accents these days, brether! Too many transplants 😂😂😂 Wishing you all the best for this Christmas season!
LOL!!! You too!
Another great video thanks again Santee and merry Christmas
Same to you!
Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays!
Merry Christmas 🌲🌲🌲
You too!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all and sundry at Arizona Ghostriders, see y,all in 2021.
Happy holidays!
Merry Christmas and thanks for the longer video.
Thank you too
Merry Christmas from the never-green side of the Evergreen state! I hope you guys get some snow, because it’s not looking likely where I’m at. Have a happy New Year too, Ghostriders!
Thanks! You too!
I hope your Christmas goes well Santee.
Happy holidays!
Thank you for these awesome videos. My g-g-grandfather went to America as a young man. He left Ireland and wrote home saying he’s never met so many Irish people out of his own green isle. Same with our Scot cousins I believe. We have no idea of his exploits. He returned minus part of one ear and a chunk out of his jaw as well as some old photos we still have. Spent the rest of his days in Ireland. America it seems, was not for him. I’d have loved to have gone with and seen the sights..and probably die though
You may have, depending on where you ended up. Out West was pretty tough. We Scot/Irish are a tough breed, so I bet you'd have made it.
@@ArizonaGhostriders certainly are! I grew up on my grandads farm and they didn’t spare the work. It’s helped with living history though as you kind of have a vague idea of what ranch life may have felt like. We still have his watch - it’s rather fun because it’s a patent lever watch itself but the case is silver from Birmingham. Thanks again for these videos, they’re really fun to watch and very informative.
Hey just wanted to say that yall are awesome... Haha.. Just bought my first single action revolver recently an I cant help but feel yall played a part in it.. Love watching your videos an cant wait to watch more
Glad to hear it.
Merry Christmas to you and yours Santee!
Same to you!
Great video Santee, enjoyed the details. thank you. Good to see Dirty Dan. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all of the Arizona Ghostriders and there families.
Same to you!
Wishing all at the Arizona Ghostriders a very Merry Christmas, and all the best for the New Year!
Same to you!
Merry Christmas Cheese, and thanks for all you do !!!! ..... and that includes putting in a clip from THE best version of Scrooge, the 1970 version with Albert Finney !!! ha ha ha ....and yes I have it on dvd, and yes I am off to find it right now :-) "yer, darn tootin i am"
Heck yeah it is!!! So glad to hear another lover of that movie. Just the best.
Well ill be darnder the AGR logo keeping a keen eye on the Christmas tree or if you like Tannebaum. Thanks for the greetings and sorry about the spelling...nicely done!!!!!
It works! Thanks.
Thanks for the video
You bet
Dirty Dan looking particularly resplendent in those red cowboy boots. Haha
Merry Christmas - Happy Holidays to you and the Arizona Ghostriders and everyone here!
Happy holidays!
As a Texan, I can confirm that we do have accents!
I found this channel a bit ago and have enjoyed it since then! Thank y'all for the great entertainment and merry Christmas, or whatever y'all celebrate.
Also if possible, could y'all make a dressing the part for the "guns for hire" or "mercenary". I haven't seen alot of videos on it.
Thanks!
There was no standard "uniform" for hired guns. I did one on Dressing....the Outlaw, which covered a lot of gunmen.
NOW, I may do one on Hollywood versions of them.
Ok, thanks!
At 3:23, I use that EXACT website when writing my western novels.
Cool!
I'd love a companion video of old west swears! First thing I like to learn when picking up a new language is how to swear, and how to find the bathroom hahaha!
Merry Christmas from the Salt River Valley amigo
Great suggestion! Thanks, man.
Loved it as always. Merry Christmas to the Arizona Ghostriders family!!
Same to you!
Merry Christmas, y'all ;-)!!!!
Happy holidays!
Well ain’t that a cool thing y’all have a merry Christmas and a happy new year it’s you we all like and I like you just the way y’all are make each day a special day by just your being you and the best person y’all ever be is your honest self!
Thank you!
Have a amazing Christmas
You too!
Very informative video, Merry Christmas and happy holidays to Santee and the crews
Same to you!
good video santee! Merry Christmas santee!
Thanks! You too!
Merry Christmas
Happy holidays!
Merry Christmas Santee🎄
Same to you!
Your videos are... well... fine as cream gravy. I ain't ever had any, but I'll trust your word it's good. Merry Christmas Santee to you snd everyone at Arizona Ghostriders.
Thank you. You as well.
I appreciated your reference to Roughing It.
The foundations of American slang were laid early on, predating even the rise of the jive talk introduced by the jazz culture of New Orleans, which was an early, but not primary, contribution. The California Gold Rush era gave rise to, or pushed forward and solidified, many colloquialisms that persist today. It is surprising how common and familiar many of them are. The Roughing It chapter "Buck Fanshaw's Funeral" is a treasure trove of them. Today, additional layers are accruing that have emerged from geek speak and hip hop. We might hope that those contributions will lack the longevity of adoptions made during earlier periods of American history.
Glad someone else has read it. It really is a fascinating account!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Let's talk about Pilgrim and Cavalier hats, their direct connection to the rise of the piloncillo sombrero in colonial Mexico, and its direct connection to the Tom Mix style of hat favored by it's accidental namesake, Tim McCoy (real hero), and Elmer Keith. It is a style unparalleled--- unexceeded. I have been wearing them since the early 1970s, and currently have two--- one in 1920s style, the other appropriate for 19th Century wear. "The Boss of The Plains" was a piece of crap. Those hats you gentlemen are wearing are insufficient to protect from the Arizona sun.
Great video, and Merry Christmas to everyone at Arizona Ghost Riders.
Thanks for the links, they're great!
JT
Our pleasure!
Merry Christmas, i love what you all do!
Thank you! You too!
Merry Christmas y’all
You too!
Merry Christmas, Santee & Ghostriders gang!🎅🍻 Great vid, thanks.🤠👍
Happy holidays!
Ah, I love you guys.
Thank you! Have a good one!
Thanks a bunch for all the content this year. Merry Christmas to the whole gang!!
Thank you too!