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Old 08-22-2005, 11:14 AM   #21
Perry Winkle
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Originally Posted by Troubleshooter
Mushmouthese is not a language, it is a symptom of a semi-educated sub-group of society.

And AIDS is studied epidemiologists. What's your point?
Are you expert or even remotely educated in Linguistics, Cognitive Science/Psychology or anything in that realm? Language shifts all of the time. If your great-grandparents heard the way you speak they would be appalled. Does that make them better than you? Does that make the English you speak the language of a semi-educated sub-group of society?

Let me revise my previous statement that you've taken issue with. AAVE is studied as a language by linguists.
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