Has Em taught you any new words?

[Blu]

Scrupulous (2 days before I had a quiz in which the word was used)... um... truculent... basically any words you wouldn't hear on a daily basis.

[kiki]

It's hella funny that a high school dropout teaches anything.

[Fleka]

Yeah, for us non-native speakers, he's had a big role in the improvement of our English. And Hip-Hop in general as well.

And movies too.

[Sekou]

Yeah, he taught me the true meaning of the word sell-out.

Oh no, you didn't!

[kiki]

^^ I'm going to be a school teacher one day and I approve of this statement.

But then again - USUALLY people who fuck up school don't have that drive to make it anyway in them. I don't know if that's just related to my country (you can have a real good life here when you're on social welfare actually so the uneducated aren't pressured to really work their asses off and to achieve something. They're fine if they have a nice flat, flatscreen TV (government can't take that away from you) and can smoke/drink all day long).

That's what I always admired about Eminem - he was just one of those people who were driven to make it and willing to work hard enough for it (and he got lucky too).

Also Amadeo, even if most school teachers don't tell their students this, but we do see whether someone is intelligent/clever/smart or not - and those who are intelligent, they make it anyway.

[kiki]

^^ Definitely, yet most people (and again I can only speak for my country) don't have those "survival- instincts" even if they put themselves in this position.

[Slim Fiasco]

Yeah, for us non-native speakers, he's had a big role in the improvement of our English. And Hip-Hop in general as well.

And movies too.

Definitely!

[Guess_Who]

haha and you quoted me before I fixed my broken English.

You should change the word "speak" to "speaks" in your original post.

showing that my statement was true.

[EminemInsider]

Years ago - Inebriated.

Otherwise, I think I've mostly known all the words he's rhymed at the time I first listened, but I was in disbelief he was rhyming them. And, more important, using them correctly.

[kiki]

I just rewatched the live stream and now I know the word RANSOM lol.

[Guess_Who]

I just rewatched the live stream and now I know the word RANSOM lol.

Sadly during the live stream I learned the word "wart". And sadly instead using the translator y searched in google images...

[EminemBase]

Yeah.

But more specifically he taught me the love for words.

I was always quite naturally good at English anyway, but Em's precise and unique phrasing, wit and ways of expression made me better at writing, and gave me a deeper love for language.