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Ebonics (serious question)
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:55 pm
I completely understand regional dialects and why they exist. People in Boston grow up together and naturally will speak alike. But the existence of Ebonics baffles me. How can a black person in Florida speak exactly like a black person in Detroit?
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Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:57 pm to Honky Lips
why you axing stupid questions?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:57 pm to Honky Lips
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But the existence of Ebonics baffles me. How can a black person in Florida speak exactly like a black person in Detroit?
This is not true at all. Listen to Kendall Beckwith or Vince Young. they sound country as hell compared to guys like Lebron
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:58 pm to Honky Lips
They don't have Honky Lips.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 12:59 pm to Honky Lips
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How can a black person in Florida speak exactly like a black person in Detroit?
They don't.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:00 pm to PrivatePublic
It's not a stupid question. Dialects are always based on geography except this one particular one.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:02 pm to Honky Lips
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I completely understand regional dialects
It's clear you don't actually
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:02 pm to Honky Lips
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How can a black person in Florida speak exactly like a black person in Detroit?
They don't. You're hilariously stupid.
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:02 pm to Honky Lips
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except this one particular one.
Wait, which one are we talking about?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:03 pm to Montezuma
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They don't.
And yet it is almost always possible to determine if you are talking to a black person based on sound alone.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:08 pm to Honky Lips
You will hear "I be axin a question" in any state in the country. Has nothing to do with regional dialect...
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:10 pm to EyeTwentyNole
I guess all Brits, Aussies, and Kiwis sound the same to you.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:10 pm to Honky Lips
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How can a black person in Florida speak exactly like a black person in Detroit?
They don't
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:11 pm to PatDyesPants
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And yet it is almost always possible to determine if you are talking to a black person based on sound alone.
Same as asians, whites, and hispanics
That doesn't mean much.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:11 pm to EyeTwentyNole
Social media and music.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:12 pm to Honky Lips
Ignorance is an addiction and a disease
They can help it
They can help it
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:12 pm to EyeTwentyNole
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You will hear "I be axin a question" in any state in the country. Has nothing to do with regional dialect...
I think Noam Chomsky (or one of his bubbas) would say language is culturally driven.
Your language is influenced by it too. You probably sound overall more "American" than your great-great grandfather did. Radio and television have homogenized your speech as well. You just picked it up from a different culture, your culture.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:12 pm to Rouge
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Ignorance is an addiction and a disease
Your posting this makes it tautological.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:15 pm to Honky Lips
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How can a black person in Florida speak exactly like a black person in Detroit?
I'm a black man. I once had someone call me with the wrong number. Before she hung up someone in the background asked her who I was. Her response, some white man. Can you explain this?
Posted on 6/25/16 at 1:15 pm to Honky Lips
True story - I had to translate a black American's dialect for another black American.
We were in Iraq. I was on a bus to the airfield to get out of that place. Next to me was a contractor from New York, who happened to be black. I believe he was even from the West Indies, originally, but he had no discernible regional, national or ethnic dialect - I would just say, "generic, American television African American accent" if any label even applies.
Anyway, our bus driver was quite obviously from the Delta area of Mississippi. The New Yorker turns to me at one point, knowing I was from the South and said, "I have no fricking idea what this guy is saying."
We were in Iraq. I was on a bus to the airfield to get out of that place. Next to me was a contractor from New York, who happened to be black. I believe he was even from the West Indies, originally, but he had no discernible regional, national or ethnic dialect - I would just say, "generic, American television African American accent" if any label even applies.
Anyway, our bus driver was quite obviously from the Delta area of Mississippi. The New Yorker turns to me at one point, knowing I was from the South and said, "I have no fricking idea what this guy is saying."
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 1:17 pm
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