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08-21-2005, 08:58 PM | #16 |
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It's a hobby.
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08-22-2005, 07:30 AM | #17 |
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08-22-2005, 08:08 AM | #18 | |
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And AIDS is studied epidemiologists. What's your point? Let's not take a nose dive off into the multi-culti pool here.
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08-22-2005, 11:00 AM | #19 |
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RE: Ebonics.
The point is, if you speak ebonic be prepared to be discriminated against. If I owned a business and needed someone to answer the phone, I would want someone who spoke English. No "This be Brianna's House of Pleasure. Who you be and who you want?" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I wouldn't vote for anyone who spoke like that, be friends with anyone who spoke like that, hire anyone who spoke like that or even TAKE SERIOUSLY anyone who spoke like that. Prejudiced white girl? No. I just don't like people who sound like uneducated dolts. That doesn't make me 'stupid'. You can say "he be, she be, we be, they be..." all you want. I'll form my impression of you accordingly.
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08-22-2005, 11:13 AM | #20 |
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08-22-2005, 11:14 AM | #21 | |
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Let me revise my previous statement that you've taken issue with. AAVE is studied as a language by linguists. |
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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I won't be responding to this thread anymore. One thing I've learned is that, along with Politics and Religion, Language is something you don't talk about in polite society. |
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08-22-2005, 11:24 AM | #24 |
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08-22-2005, 11:26 AM | #25 | |
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I just said I won't reply but this isn't really the same thread of discourse.
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08-22-2005, 11:38 AM | #28 |
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But if they claim to be "American" and speak "English" why can't they speak the same American English as the rest of us? I understand regional accents, and regional dialect when certain items exist in one area but not another (e.g. grits), but I don't agree with bastardization of language just to create your own special "dialect".
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08-22-2005, 11:55 AM | #30 | |
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I'll point to this article again for those that would like a decent short description of how AAVE/Ebonics was formed. Here is a surprisingly long list of englishes. |
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