Anyone need a job?

[Danny_Ocean]

Finally, all the "wanna-be" gangsta's will have a real career path:

The Associated Press: DEA seeks Ebonics experts to help with cases

[s_morrison57]

Don't think it will be a long term thing for the wanna be's, sooner or later they will probably end up as penis warmers in prison

[widgeon13]

"It seems ironic that schools that are serving and educating black children have not recognized the legitimacy of this language."

That's a quote from the newspaper article. Don't these *******s realize these kids have enough trouble learning English, WTF are they thinking.

Oh great, let's teach kids EBONICS!

That kind of thinking just makes me want to puke.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

"It seems ironic that schools that are serving and educating black children have not recognized the legitimacy of this language."

That's a quote from the newspaper article. Don't these *******s realize these kids have enough trouble learning English, WTF are they thinking.

Oh great, let's teach kids EBONICS!

That kind of thinking just makes me want to puke.

It will soon devolve into a completely separate language.

I was at a restaurant a few months ago and the employees were talking to a couple of customers. I could catch one word out of twenty. I had no idea at all what they were talking about.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

It will soon devolve into a completely separate language.

I was at a restaurant a few months ago and the employees were talking to a couple of customers. I could catch one word out of twenty. I had no idea at all what they were talking about.

See the inadequacy of your own education? Don't you wish your grade school teachers way back when taught you this valuable language?

Where's that line from Airplane about speaking Jive?

A radio news spot on this yesterday mentioned that ebonics represented a unique combination of American english and African language roots. WTF? The average American-born inner city kid speaking ebonics has about as much appreciation for his/her African roots (linguisitically-speaking) as I do mine.

[porsche4life]

I'd rather see them get an education that included ebonics than none at all...

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Noah930

See the inadequacy of your own education? Don't you wish your grade school teachers way back when taught you this valuable language?

Where's that line from Airplane about speaking Jive?

A radio news spot on this yesterday mentioned that ebonics represented a unique combination of American english and African language roots. WTF? The average American-born inner city kid speaking ebonics has about as much appreciation for his/her African roots (linguisitically-speaking) as I do mine.

I was a military brat. Every single year I was the new kid in school except as a senior in HS.

When you move from Hawaii to Alabama the dialect changes radically. My first day of third grade was in Alabama. I flat out could not understand the THICK southern accent of my white teacher. It was just a white version of ebonics. We had a pop spelling test and I made a ZERO. I did not understand what she was saying so I guessed the wrong words. It took me several months to learn the local accent.

[widgeon13]

The problem with ebonics is that it continues to evolve, right now every other word in ebonics is FUCH, if you get my drift.

[URY914]

Have you ever heard 3 Black 40 year old women talk? Can't understand a word. But they get on the phone with a customer and it all changes. Very strange.

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by widgeon13

The problem with ebonics is that it continues to evolve, right now every other word in ebonics is FUCH, if you get my drift.

And every other word in-between "fuch" is...

YouTube - Dr. Laura's N-Word Rant

[LakeCleElum]

I was in a class once. Had one guy from Texas and another from England. The guy from New York had to 'splain to each.....

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by URY914

Have you ever heard 3 Black 40 year old women talk? Can't understand a word. But they get on the phone with a customer and it all changes. Very strange.

The woman that sits closest to me does a great job of that. I actually do think that she has to concentrate to keep the conversation straight, regardless of whether it's a professional discussion on a work topic or a "girlfriend" calling about what happened last weekend or which store has "dem shoes on sale."

[flatbutt]

I had intervewed a 20 something months ago. His answers were laced with slang and terms I didn't understand. I got tired of asking him to explain himself. He did not get the job. I don't think it was ebonics but it wasn't English.

[URY914]

Years ago I was on a project with a guy from Staten Island and a guy from Alabama. I was the translator.

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by URY914

Years ago I was on a project with a guy from Staten Island and a guy from Alabama. I was the translator.

New Yorker = Yous guys

Southerner = Y'all

[idontknow]

Pennsylvanian = Yins