Bathtub
Joined: 09 Jul 2002
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| WHY do minorities(you know who) use that primitave dialect? |
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ALSO KNOWN AS ......>EBONICS.
please give me your insight.
and also, for all you lameiods who want to label me as a rasist for asking that, then you may be the ignorant ones. :shock: |
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Betamaximus
Joined: 12 Jul 2002
Posts: 54
Location: nova |
why dont you go to a neighborhood full of "you know who's" at night, and ask us personally? ass. |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 2:07 am |
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pony boy
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 118
Location: www.eyetoeyesite.com |
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maybe you're not a rasist but you're definitely a racist
learn to spell before criticizing "primitive dialect" |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 2:18 am |
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quasifoto
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 975
Location: Albany |
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yeah, pretty brave to spout such ignorance on a message board where you're untouchable. ask minorities in person, coward. |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 6:02 am |
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Reggie
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 5764
Location: Queens, NYC |
Seriously, Bathtub, shut the fuck up. What you need to learn will not be coming from this or any message board. |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 6:24 am |
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MessiahCarey
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
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Woah. |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 7:43 am |
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td3
Joined: 30 Jun 2002
Posts: 2764
Location: Chicopee & Springfield, MA |
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even my grandmother isnt that ignorant about "those minorities"
wake up young one, its 2002 not 1948
Peace
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 7:46 am |
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ERNIE RHODES
Joined: 10 Jul 2002
Posts: 52
Location: Minneapolis |
As someone who values knowledge and education, I think it is my duty as a minority (you know who) to tell you what the deal is.
"Ebonics" or slang can be traced back to the days of slavery. Obviously, slaves were not taught to read or write.They were not taught to speak formally either. Any English they spoke was adopted from listening to there ownwers or other caucasians, which means they only got bits and peices of the language. This "new language" has remained in the minority (you know who) culture and evolved over a few centuries. I guess now days they call it slang or "Ebonics". My personal favorite is "Jive".
NOW YOU KNOW |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 8:04 am |
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ERNIE RHODES
Joined: 10 Jul 2002
Posts: 52
Location: Minneapolis |
I'm not mad at the question, just a little offended by the way it was asked.
Love and peace to everyone. There are clearly some enlightend people here. |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 8:17 am |
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SyMbOLyK
Joined: 12 Jul 2002
Posts: 7
Location: Over Here>.... |
People just use it soem people are around others and its just how it is, i dont think people do it on purpose..... |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 8:55 am |
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argot
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
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Location: rhode island |
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What the fuck???
You need to educate yourself, boy(you know who) |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 8:59 am |
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dabinduppes
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 615
Location: FULLERTON |
YA fuck people who are are different than you....with the demographics of this country changing ever so qucikly your gonna have a rough life.... |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 9:00 am |
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Reggie
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 5764
Location: Queens, NYC |
"Ebonics" is a term coined by a West Coast English Professor (I think it was at Berkely, but I might be wrong) in order to justify a new course of study and to elevate himself within academia. The idea of "ebonics" or "jive" or any notion of "blackspeak" is ludicrous. Black people do not speak the same slang universally any more than any other color people. Slang is a regional spoken anomaly, sometimes spreading beyond localities, but often specific to neighborhoods. If this is a given, then the reason some slang might seem indigenous to a particular color is due to institutional racism that keeps neighborhoods segregated.
I find the very notion of "ebonics" offensive and misleading. Slang is not a fixed "language" that can be taught or translated into English, it is an ever-changing mode of speak with a variety of uses and sources and having an unlimited potential for reinterpretation. Not unlike all "regular" languages. |
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 9:05 am |
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MessiahCarey
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
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Reggie wrote:
Slang is not a fixed "language" that can be taught or translated into English, it is an ever-changing mode of speak with a variety of uses and sources and having an unlimited potential for reinterpretation. Not unlike all "regular" languages.
Only more exaggerated.
i.e. - That's ill may have originally meant "That's really impressive" but I've heard it used to the contrary as well.
Slang is not a language.
Nor is ebonics, which is supposed to be a formal representation of a particular group of slang terms.
Peace,
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Fri Jul 12, 2002 9:42 am |
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ERNIE RHODES
Joined: 10 Jul 2002
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Location: Minneapolis |
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I agree with Reggie. Language is always changing and evolving. He put out some facts about the term "Ebonics", it's origin and how he views it which I appreciate because it was needed. I still stand behind my statement that what bathtub called ebonics or a "primative dialect" used by some (not all) African Americans contains words and grammatical patterns evolved from a people who were defining there own language in some ways because there was no formal one estabilshed for them. I'm not an expert on this topic. I am however, one of the few people in today's world that has been blessed with the ability to trace my ancestory back to the late 1600's when the first Africans in my family were purchaced by a Dutch family in Viginia. I have had oral history lessons about my background my entire life. One of those lessons was about language (or the lack of it). If my post viewed as holier than thou or self righteous, it's because I wrote when I was hot under the collar and didn't think to research anything before I sent it. I'm opened minded and resect EVERYONE. If I have or give incorrect information, tell me and I will respectfully stand corrected.
I WISH LOVE AND PEACE TO ALL. Even those who don't wish it back. On that note I'll retire from this post with the hopes that people will keep an open mind and stay positive. |
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