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Dept. of Justice now hiring Ebonics "linguists" for the DEA. Really. (pg. 3)
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| WittyHandle |
| I think hiring people who can decode what drug dealers say is a completely legitimate one. I'm sure it is often an issue that hinders investigations, and most cops probably aren't the type to understand it themselves. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by WittyHandle
Yes. Well not the country as a whole, but for anything done, there is some whackjob trying to distort it. And they often have a means of spreading their views in the media somewhere. |
This +1 |
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| chimera66 |
| ebonics is not a language, it is slang used by people living in the hood, who are more times than not black americans. also i'm sure the slange used in atlanta differs from that in new york, chicago, detroit and la so what does that mean we have dialects? not sure why it's newsworthy that the dea is keeping up with slang because i'm sure gangs of other ethnic backgrounds, notably latin american and asian gangs, have their own unique slang so why don't we write about that. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
ebonics is not a language, it is slang used by people living in the hood, who are more times than not black americans. also i'm sure the slange used in atlanta differs from that in new york, chicago, detroit and la so what does that mean we have dialects? not sure why it's newsworthy that the dea is keeping up with slang because i'm sure gangs of other ethnic backgrounds, notably latin american and asian gangs, have their own unique slang so why don't we write about that. |
Because we don't have either a Hispanic or an Asian president.
To be honest, I'm almost positive that if we had an Anglo Republican president, this would be a non-issue. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
ebonics is not a language, it is slang used by people living in the hood |
I wish it was that simple. There is far too much going on, not just regarding words, but pronunciation as well. |
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| leph555 |
| WHERE DO I APPLY?! |
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| chimera66 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I wish it was that simple. There is far too much going on, not just regarding words, but pronunciation as well. |
yes the pronunciation of words will differ but in my book there are a range of ways in which things can be pronounced and still be accepted english. someone from oregon like me who has a null accent isn't going to pronounce things the same way someone from a mining town in west virginia will or someone from southie in the boston area. ebonics is slang, young people speak a different form of it than people of other generations living in the same areas and most importantly it doesn't follow a specific system.
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
Because we don't have either a Hispanic or an Asian president.
To be honest, I'm almost positive that if we had an Anglo Republican president, this would be a non-issue. |
i side with you on this |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jake Benson
FYI you're not a Muslim. You're a ginger. Damn good looking one too...err...um...I mean....DON'T FORGET TO STRETCH THOSE CREAMY HAMSTRINGS! |
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| Jake Benson |
| quote: | Originally posted by EddieZilker
Because we don't have either a Hispanic ... president.
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That will change drastically in 12-16 years when all the little Mexican kids, who are the majority of all kids now in America, turn 18. I'm guessing 2020 actually we'll have one, if not 2024. |
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| Jake Benson |
| quote: | Originally posted by chimera66
ebonics is not a language, it is slang used by people living in the hood, who are more times than not black americans. also i'm sure the slange used in atlanta differs from that in new york, chicago, detroit and la so what does that mean we have dialects? not sure why it's newsworthy that the dea is keeping up with slang because i'm sure gangs of other ethnic backgrounds, notably latin american and asian gangs, have their own unique slang so why don't we write about that. |
There's a difference between a dialect that endemic to a regional population and a dialect that is pandemic especially in a specific race no matter where they live.
For example: people who are born and raised in Kansas or Oregon don't just pick up a Brooklyn dialect. Likewise people born and raised in rural Louisiana don't just pick up a Minnesota dialect. On the contrary, it's common for (typically poor) black people to speak ebonics, which is a derivative of the Southern dialect, REGARDLESS of where in America they live. In many cases they pick this up for the black ghetto economic enclave they live in which in their defense probably gives them a positive identity especially if they live in a racist area, which is still common in America. |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jake Benson
That will change drastically in 12-16 years when all the little Mexican kids, who are the majority of all kids now in America, turn 18. I'm guessing 2020 actually we'll have one, if not 2024. |
are you looking forward to banging these fully grown beaners? |
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| FuzzQi |
| Cool! It's like trying to crack the Enigma code |
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