Ebonics

Well we have many different accents here of course, but ebonics is not an accent.

Originally posted by debbiejo
Well we have many different accents here of course, but ebonics is not an accent.

Yeah, it's a dialect.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Yeah, it's a dialect.

ebonics is a dialect? i disagree there.

Originally posted by debbiejo
No, no it's not. It's made up shit.

So what? It can still be a dialect. All language is made up. It just evolves.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
ebonics is a dialect? i disagree there.

What then.

It is a variety of English, changing grammar, words and spelling (if spelled) it is either a dialect or a language.

to me, different languages are english, russian, spanish, yada yada yada.
ebonics is just a hybrid form of english.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
to me, different languages are english, russian, spanish, yada yada yada.
ebonics is just a hybrid form of english.

Like ...lets say American English and British English? Australian English?

all english, just with their own differences. some subtle, some not so subtle.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
all english, just with their own differences. some subtle, some not so subtle.

That's what the word "dialect" was invented for.

Anyways, Ebonics is a dialect.

i guess so. thats why i dont speak ebonics, just english for me.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
i guess so. thats why i dont speak ebonics, just english for me.

Well, just plain English is not really possible. You have an dialect and an accent like anone else as well I assume.

good point. what i cant stand is southern dialect. "y'all reckon we gonna get some rain for soon?"

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
good point. what i cant stand is southern dialect. "y'all reckon we gonna get some rain for soon?"

Oh well, I just read the Grapes of Wrath, where they apparently all had some hillbilly Oklahoma accent. I didn't mind it much. Though I find some more appealing than others.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Oh well, I just read the Grapes of Wrath, where they apparently all had some hillbilly Oklahoma accent. I didn't mind it much. Though I find some more appealing than others.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
reading it is one thing. have you ever had someone speak it to you on a regular basis?

No, I was never exposed to very thick accents.

well, hang out with my good old boy cousins for a week and you'll see why i hate it so.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Like ...lets say American English and British English? Australian English?

reading it is one thing. have you ever had someone speak it to you on a regular basis?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
well, hang out with my good old boy cousins for a week and you'll see why i hate it so.

I can understand a dislike for it. Though I don't feel it personally to any accent I ever heard. But as I said, also in Germany, I have hardly been exposed to think accents.

You got to point to your food on the damn menu man.........come on.....

Originally posted by debbiejo
You got to point to your food on the damn menu man.........come on.....

Ever noticed how...waffle houses have pictures...on their menues? ...yeah.

"I was in Nashville, Tennesee last year, after the show I went to a Waffle House, I'm not proud of it, I was hungry. And I'm alone, I'm eating and I'm reading a book, right? Waitress walks over to me, "Tch tch tch tch. Hey, what you readin' for?"
Is that like the weirdest ****ing question you've ever heard? Not what am I reading, but what am I reading for. Well, godammit, you stumped me. Why do I read?
Well... hmmm... I guess I read for a lot of reasons, and the main one is so I don't end up being a ****ing waffle waitress."