"Don't Ax Me Again..."

[M.D. Holloway]

As long as I don't do it on his Berfday...

Why? Why? I can understand if there is a speech issue but really now.

[Flieger]

Careful...

[masraum]

ebonics.

It drives me nuts too, but not really any more than some other dialects. Listening to some of the accents/dialects from the Northeast are very grating (New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, New York) and even some of the stuff you hear in the South.

I work in IT, and most of the folks that I work with in my field are pretty intelligent, but I've got a guy that sits near me that is very "country". He grew up in a very rural area near Houston. I hear him on the phone with people daily say "posed ta" (country for "supposed to").

It's a cultural/regional thing.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by masraum

ebonics.

It drives me nuts too, but not really any more than some other dialects. Listening to some of the accents/dialects from the Northeast are very grating (New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, New York) and even some of the stuff you hear in the South.

I'm a transplanted pilgrim, (from Pa. originally). I've gotten over the dropping of R's... "Paaking your caa". But what still irritates me is putting the damn things where they never were... I live in Americer with a girl named Liser. vs. I live in America with a girl named Lisa.

I don't know for sure but I think ebonics is just plain laziness vs. being an accent or a language.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

brilliant song.

Originally Posted by Flieger

Careful...

[Shaun @ Tru6]

When we moved from CT to MN after third grade I had to go to speech therapy because they thought I had an impediment. Today, I am many times asked if I am Canadian, which will be great if my flight is ever taken over by terrorists.

People are different. They come in all shapes and colors and sizes and sounds.

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

I'm a transplanted pilgrim, (from Pa. originally). I've gotten over the dropping of R's... "Paaking your caa". But what still irritates me is putting the damn things where they never were... I live in Americer with a girl named Liser. vs. I live in America with a girl named Lisa.

I don't know for sure but I think ebonics is just plain laziness vs. being an accent or a language.

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

When we moved from CT to MN after third grade I had to go to speech therapy because they thought I had an impediment.

That's because you were with all those Swedes!! Have a great day my friend.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

The girls were hot! You too, I'm working on the Cab. First day of fun in ages!

[HardDrive]

They Think I'm Slow, Eh? - YouTube

[tweezers74]

I must have changing accents or something. Sometimes people say I sound like a CA girl (I tend to say "like" a lot, even though I can switch it off when I am in professional situations). Or they say I sound like I have a slight Southern accent. ????? Don't get that one.

I have cousins from PA and I died laughing when they came out to AZ for the first time and I heard them say "wurtur" and "hot derg".

And I swear a friend of mine from Minnesota almost tore off my head because I had no idea what she was asking when she asked for a "baeg". A what? "A baeg". A what? "A baeg! Oh goodness gracious! How can you not know what a baeg is. You know, something you can put other stuff in and carry around?" Oh, a bag!!! I swear, I think she was going to murder me. Still laughing...

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway

As long as I don't do it on his Berfday...

Why? Why? I can understand if there is a speech issue but really now.

I do not mind people saying it this way, but spelling it this way(or worse) in text is pretty atrocious considering our fine government schools should be supposed to at least teach spelling.

[Por_sha911]

It's funny how everyone thinks their accent is normal.

New Yorkers laugh at the southern drawwwwwl. Sounds sub-intellectual to them.
Northerners can tell the difference between NY, NJ, and MA.
Canadians say "eh" in every sentence and "owt" instead of "out".
Californians use the words "like" and "dude" in every sentence.

Stereotypes!

p.s. Go back and watch a Bugs Bunny cartoon. He's got a Brooklyn accent!!!

[cruisin]

Originally Posted by Buckterrier

I'm a transplanted . . . . with a girl named Lisa.[/I]

I don't know for sure but I think ebonics is just plain laziness vs. being an accent or a language.

Bill Cosby would agree with you there. When the LA County school system suggested ebonics be taught as an official language, he blasted them pretty good saying it is pure laziness and very sad that Americans don't want to learn the English language properly. Way to go Dr. Cosby!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by cruisin

Bill Cosby would agree with you there. When the LA County school system suggested ebonics be taught as an official language, he blasted them pretty good saying it is pure laziness and very sad that Americans don't want to learn the English language properly. Way to go Dr. Cosby!

It's not laziness. I've known many folks that at work sounded like anyone else at work in a professional environment, but then when you hear them on the phone with friends or family, they sound completely different. Some of them spoke ebonics (of various levels), some had an island accent (Jamaica, Trinidad, etc...), and there are other accents. How is it lazy to use a different form of a word or pronounce it differently?

People are adaptable and often take on the attributes that are common around them. I knew a girl from Texas that moved to England. She came back for a visit after several years and had an English accent. That took me by surprise.

[Laneco]

As I travel, I tend to pick up local speech patterns. Pretty funny when I've been in NJ for a while - "watta u lookin' at??"

angela

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by Laneco

As I travel, I tend to pick up local speech patterns. Pretty funny when I've been in NJ for a while - "watta u lookin' at??"

angela

Now THIS is the accent that makes my skin crawl.

[stomachmonkey]

I can speak Hochdeutsch but was raised on Schwäbisch.

When I'm in Germany my clothing and appearance present as American.

Many times it's advantageous to bust out the Schwäbisch as it's not something anyone would ever learn in school and it immediately gives me credibility as a homeboy.

It's especially useful in tourist areas where the locals really don't like American tourists. The level of service changes immediately.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by cruisin

Bill Cosby would agree with you there. When the LA County school system suggested ebonics be taught as an official language, he blasted them pretty good saying it is pure laziness and very sad that Americans don't want to learn the English language properly. Way to go Dr. Cosby!

The "LA County school system", (WTF is that?), never suggested that ebonics be taught as an official language. That's a lie, no matter which school system you are actually referring to. Get your facts straight.

[Neilk]

"They is" bugs the ***** out of me....

Not sure why that became ebonically acceptable.

[oldE]

In my position as a Heritage Interpreter, I get to meet and talk to over 8000 people each year and I have to be sooo careful of how I speak.

I have a few words of French and German, but it's the English language which gets me into trouble. If I am speaking for any length of time with folks from the Deep South or Ireland or northern UK, I will start to unconsciously mimic their speech patterns. Vowels tend to get drawn out or clipped and accents on words shift. I do not want to offend folks, but my voice just starts to follow what I hear.

I do love to listen to people and am easily amused.

Best
Les