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Does Ebonics exemplify American laziness or efficiency? (pg. 6)
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Go and read a beginner's guide to sociolinguistics and then I might, might start caring about what you deem credible. |
You study linguistics too? |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Luckily, I don't give a about what you think is credible. American English is a recognised standardised form of English. It's taught in schools, written in dictionaries and spoken by the government. Go and read a beginner's guide to sociolinguistics and then I might, might start caring about what you deem credible. |
Oh please. The only reason you use it is because your ancestors wanted to get away from the English as much as possible and now use a bastardized form of it. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
Oh please. The only reason you use it is because your ancestors wanted to get away from the English as much as possible and now use a bastardized form of it. |
J is British (English, actually). ;) |
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| Fledz |
| That makes it even worse then :wtf: |
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| fbgdavidson |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
I ing hate it when I have to talk to a black person or hear one and they can't say the word "ask" properly. WTF it's not a hard word to pronounce. You were born on America, its not "aks" or "axe" it's ask u ing idiot. |
I worked with someone who went to an Ivy League school then Harvard Law, and she used the word 'aks/ax':eyes:
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Well considering that, do you approve of the "African-American" label for blacks that have no idea of their origin? |
This reminds me of an interview I saw on TV a few years ago with Nelson Mandela. The American journo referred to him as being 'African-American' for the whole interview...:nervous: :nervous: :whip: |
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| Beat Blog |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
I ing hate it when I have to talk to a black person or hear one and they can't say the word "ask" properly. WTF it's not a hard word to pronounce. You were born on America, its not "aks" or "axe" it's ask u ing idiot. |
:haha:
That's so ing ironic.
Can you please send me an audio file of you saying the words "vase" and "herb"? |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by fbgdavidson
This reminds me of an interview I saw on TV a few years ago with Nelson Mandela. The American journo referred to him as being 'African-American' for the whole interview...:nervous: :nervous: :whip: |
:haha: :haha: :haha:
That's gold. I see nothing wrong with the word black. |
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| wesleysnipez |
| One my co-workers at the mine who works under me at Concentrator always uses Ebonics a few of use get tire of him fast so I usually send him on grunt jobs to pick up stuff at warehouse or fix the ramps that gives use material. |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
:haha: :haha: :haha:
That's gold. I see nothing wrong with the word black. |
Every one of my black friends loathes the term and thinks it is stupid and counter-productive. I think it's funny when white people feel they are doing them a favor by using the term. |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by Beat Blog
:haha:
That's so ing ironic.
Can you please send me an audio file of you saying the words "vase" and "herb"? |
I'm way to lazy for that ;) |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
I'm way to lazy for that ;) |
Do you say "voz" and "hurb"? You do, don't you? |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by david.michael
Do you say "voz" and "hurb"? You do, don't you? |
and "huge" is pronounced w/o sounding the "h" |
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