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re: Ebonics (serious question)
Posted on 6/25/16 at 6:02 pm to baseballmind1212
Posted on 6/25/16 at 6:02 pm to baseballmind1212
C'mon now. Any one of us of could be blindfolded and hear the difference between a Boston accent, a New Orleans Accent, a Georgia accent, etc etc. None of us could pinpoint geographic location if tested when it comes to ebonics. Be real now.
My point (or question) is how can an accent exists with no geographical influence?
And Asians/Hispanics don't count in the argument because English is a second language to those.
My point (or question) is how can an accent exists with no geographical influence?
And Asians/Hispanics don't count in the argument because English is a second language to those.
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Posted on 6/25/16 at 6:03 pm to Boagni Swamp
Just because you kind of learned the definition of a word does not mean you shoukd use it.
If you must, please at least use it correctly.
If you must, please at least use it correctly.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 6:33 pm to Sidicous
Has anyone been to Cecilia/Breaux Bridge/ Hell, any Acadiana area and listened to a black person speak? It's amazingly difficult to understand. They have the, for lack of a better description, Ebonics dialect, along with the equally hard to understand deep Cajun English accent.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:03 pm to Honky Lips
You ever heard Randy Moss speak? That dude sounds like he just jumped off a hayride with a bottle of moonshine
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:14 pm to OweO
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Is there a name for the language backwoods hillbillies speak?
if you have access to a Webster's Unabridged dictionary, one of the chapters consists of a multipage list of sounds and pronunciations from every region of the USA, with examples and special ways to represent them all.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:14 pm to High C
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They don't have Honky Lips.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:29 pm to Honky Lips
Lisston yo, my heada b swoll cause namn sayn youz b for to b fuqing whif my fambly. I's b tyred of dis shite for a monf word. Bes step off tyring to represent you selff. What dT be like cuz.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:39 pm to Honky Lips
You can't fix stupid but you sure can breed it.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:52 pm to Honky Lips
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Boston accent, a New Orleans Accent
Boston & New Orleans have similar accents. If I am not mistaking, the New Orleans accent sort of derived from Boston.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 7:59 pm to bgtiger
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Has anyone been to Cecilia/Breaux Bridge/ Hell, any Acadiana area and listened to a black person speak? It's amazingly difficult to understand. They have the, for lack of a better description, Ebonics dialect, along with the equally hard to understand deep Cajun English accent.
If you go to Mamou and I am sure other areas around there, there are blacks who speak cajun french. Ive been to Pat's in Henderson a few times and sat near older people who spoke cajun french. I remember one time the waitress had to get the general manager to help her translate. Another time, there was a waitress is was older.. And she was able to communicate.
There are people in the Pierre Part area who speak cajun french. A friend of mine's mom, who is from around there, told us once that when she was in elementry school, if she spoke cajun french she would get in trouble, but if she spoke english at home she would get in trouble.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:01 pm to Honky Lips
My sister lives and works with urban blacks. I live and work with rural whites. The problem with understanding their mush mouth is the same.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:18 pm to Honky Lips
I lI've in South Ga and can clearly hear the differences in dialect between black people from Atlanta and the South Ga area.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:42 pm to Honky Lips
frick ebonics...and the inbreds that speak it.
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:48 pm to PrivatePublic
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why you axing stupid questions?
woah dog, no reason to axe the guy
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:51 pm to stlslick
Jive >>> Ebonics.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 8:53 pm to Choctaw
There's always a needle in a haystack.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 9:32 pm to Choctaw
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You ever heard Randy Moss speak?
He does sound like most of the rest of WV...
Difference, I think, is he doesn't speak Ebonics very much either.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 10:11 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?
Because they are not educated.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 10:14 pm to Ingeniero
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No black man watches vampire diaries.
You dont know what you're talking about. My brother, who's also black, watches it too. I also watch Pretty Little Liars, Nashville, Grimm, and Once Upon A Time. I'm what many would call a "new age" black man.
Posted on 6/25/16 at 10:17 pm to Honky Lips
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etc. None of us could pinpoint geographic location if tested when it comes to ebonics. Be real now.
Absolutely could for New Orleans and New York black accents
Go listen to Leonard fournette talk, he has a pretty good example of New Orleans black accent.
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oint (or question) is how can an accent exists with no geographical influence?
They do have influence in a region. The region is the south. Most black people are at most only a few generations removed from the south.
Notice how all rappers use "y'all"
This post was edited on 6/25/16 at 10:20 pm
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