Ebonics

[kilroy69 1,032]

Before you go ahead and jump on me peenie about this being a racist thread hear me out. Why do blacks insist on speaking the english language this way? For the most part they recieve the same education that white people do and yet insist on using ebonics. Don't they understand that it makes them sound dumb? My class was about half black where I grew up. I watched as the black kids in class spoke their version of english even as teachers tried to break them of it. They did not care then and I am sure they don't care now. Hell even illegals can speak the english language better than a lot of blacks that were born here. Its just something I don't understand.

[Ravens 03 0]

RACIST!

[Vikings4ever 496]

Don't ax me.

[kilroy69 1,032]

RACIST!

Its a legit question that is not racist. I really wonder.

[Ravens 03 0]

Its a legit question that is not racist. I really wonder.

 

What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?

[NorthernVike 2,080]

Their lips are two big to pronounciate properly

[peenie 1,703]

why do southerners speak the way they do, or new yorkers?

why do people from boston speak the way they do?

why do people from the midwest speak the way they do?

why do teenagers use language different than their parents?

why can't chinese pronounce the "l" sound or the french pronounce the "th" sound?

use common sense to answer that ridiculously simple question.

also, all blacks don't all do anything, some blacks speak the way you imply but i don't have a black dialect AT ALL and i'm sure you know plenty of blacks that don't speak ebonics. whatever that means.

[Me_2006 14]

It's just cultural. You speak like the people you are around. It's not a "black" thing anymore so than Italians eating spaghetti is an Italian thing. You do what you know, and you usually continue in the way you're raised. So if you're brought up hearing people speak like that, you're going to grow up to speak that way in all likelyhood, unless somewhere along the line you feel the need to speak correctly or whatever. The majority of people don't make that change, and sadly it's attached to a certain stigma that discourages more young people from speaking the right way.

[Saint Elistan 106]

Someone must have missed out on "Hooked on Ebonics" as a child...

[kilroy69 1,032]

why do southerners speak the way they do, or new yorkers?

why do people from boston speak the way they do?

why do people from the midwest speak the way they do?

why do teenagers use language different than their parents?

why can't chinese pronounce the "l" sound or the french pronounce the "th" sound?

use common sense to answer that ridiculously simple question.

also, all blacks don't all do anything, some blacks speak the way you imply but i don't have a black dialect AT ALL and i'm sure you know plenty of blacks that don't speak ebonics. whatever that means.

New yorkers and southerners way of speak are accents. Ebonics is not even close to being the same thing.

[peenie 1,703]

New yorkers and southerners way of speak are accents. Ebonics is not even close to being the same thing.

well then i have no idea what you are talking about.

you need to clarify with a specific example and maybe i can help you since your own brain is of no use.

[Me_2006 14]

well then i have no idea what you are talking about.

you need to clarify with a specific example and maybe i can help you since your own brain is of no use.

He means (if I can speak for ya Kilroy) that NYC and the south add more of a "twang" to words, etc. while Ebonics has it's own vocabulary at times. It's like a derivative of English, with changed meanings, spellings, pronounciations, speech patterns, etc.

[Let Da Big Dog Eat 38]

Why learn English when one can just make illegitimate babies and live off Welfare. Sheeeeaa, da's all nees be no'in.

[peenie 1,703]

that NYC and the south add more of a "twang" to words, etc. while Ebonics has it's own vocabulary at times.

give me a specific word or phrase

[Toro 1]

give me a specific word or phrase

 

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

 

[Verse 1:]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me lean and watch me rock

Super man dat hoe

Then watch me crank dat robocop

Super fresh, now watch me jock

Jocking on them haterz man

When i do dat soulja boy

I lean to the left and crank dat dance

(now you)

I'm jocking on yo ###### ass

And if we get the fightin

Then i'm cocking on your ######

You catch me at yo local party

Yes i crank it everyday

Haterz get mad cuz

"i got me some bathin apes"

 

[Chorus x2]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

 

[Verse 2:]

I'm bouncin on my toe

Watch me super soak dat hoe

I'ma pass it to arab

Then he gon pass it to don loc (loc)

Haterz wanna be me

Soulja boy, i'm the man

They be lookin at my neck

Sayin its the rubberband man (man)

Watch me do it (watch me do it)

Dance (dance)

Let get to it (let get to it)

Nope, you can't do it like me

Hoe, so don't do it like me

Folk, i see you tryna do it like me

Man that ###### was ugly

 

[Chorus x4]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

 

[Hook:]

Im to clean off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank that roosavelt

And super soak that Hoe [x10]

 

Im to fresh up in this ######

Watch me shuffle

Watch me jig

Watch me crank my shoulder work

Super man that ###### [x6]

 

[Chorus]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

[Me_2006 14]

give me a specific word or phrase

Hell, I don't know. There's so many that it's almost not noticeable anymore. How about changing the entire meaning of the word "ice" to describe diamo...err...bling-bling? Just stuff like that. It doesn't seem sensible to completely change entire words or phrases and assign whatever meaning you want to them.

[kilroy69 1,032]

well then i have no idea what you are talking about.

you need to clarify with a specific example and maybe i can help you since your own brain is of no use.

Saying Y'all is not the same thing as this.

 

Ebonics: "Sheeeeiit, foo, I'z be doin' dat sh!t an' shorty be axin me fo' sum' scrilla."

 

 

English: Sh!t, friend, I am doing that stuff, and my girlfriend is asking me for some money.

[Me_2006 14]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

 

[Verse 1:]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me lean and watch me rock

Super man dat hoe

Then watch me crank dat robocop

Super fresh, now watch me jock

Jocking on them haterz man

When i do dat soulja boy

I lean to the left and crank dat dance

(now you)

I'm jocking on yo ###### ass

And if we get the fightin

Then i'm cocking on your ######

You catch me at yo local party

Yes i crank it everyday

Haterz get mad cuz

"i got me some bathin apes"

 

[Chorus x2]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

 

[Verse 2:]

I'm bouncin on my toe

Watch me super soak dat hoe

I'ma pass it to arab

Then he gon pass it to don loc (loc)

Haterz wanna be me

Soulja boy, i'm the man

They be lookin at my neck

Sayin its the rubberband man (man)

Watch me do it (watch me do it)

Dance (dance)

Let get to it (let get to it)

Nope, you can't do it like me

Hoe, so don't do it like me

Folk, i see you tryna do it like me

Man that ###### was ugly

 

[Chorus x4]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

 

[Hook:]

Im to clean off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank that roosavelt

And super soak that Hoe [x10]

 

Im to fresh up in this ######

Watch me shuffle

Watch me jig

Watch me crank my shoulder work

Super man that ###### [x6]

 

[Chorus]

Soulja boy off in this hoe

Watch me crank it

Watch me roll

Watch me crank dat soulja boy

Then super man dat hoe

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Now watch me yuuuuaaaaaa!

(crank dat soulja boy)

Something like that.

[Let Da Big Dog Eat 38]

give me a specific word or phrase

I'll give you both:

who-se for house

 

The Big Dog Berlitz school for speaking ebonics:

 

1. For any monosyllabalic word, delete the last consonant or group of consonants.

2. For any polysyllabic word, delete the last syllable.

3 Conjugation of the verb "to be":

I be

We be

They be yesterday

You be tomorrow

And, a very common phrase that incorporates all the above:

"I be a mee mothafuck"

[kilroy69 1,032]

He means (if I can speak for ya Kilroy) that NYC and the south add more of a "twang" to words, etc. while Ebonics has it's own vocabulary at times. It's like a derivative of English, with changed meanings, spellings, pronounciations, speech patterns, etc.

Exactly.

[peenie 1,703]

okay, so you're asking me why do some black people speak slang?

the same reason white kids speak slang, because they want to.

why do italians say "youse" for you all?

[kilroy69 1,032]

okay, so you're asking me why do some black people speak slang?

the same reason white kids speak slang, because they want to.

why do italians say "youse" for you all?

Not quite. Slang is one thing. Ebonics is another lazy language all together.

[Me_2006 14]

okay, so you're asking me why do some black people speak slang?

the same reason white kids speak slang, because they want to.

why do italians say "youse" for you all?

Again, that's a variation on a word. You can tell that's just an accented way of saying a certain thing. You know they're just pronouncing a word differently, but you still know what the hell they're talking about. Ebonics, as has been pointed out to you with specific words and phrases like you asked, just makes shit up and attaches meaning to it. How is that possible? Why do people do it? You're refusing to see the point here. A simple "I don't know" will be fine, but please stop rephrasing it to make it seem like it's nothing more than slang or something.

[/Osiris/ 0]

For the most part they recieve the same education....

Your curiosity about Black culture is quite peculiar, I must say. Then again, we ARE pretty interesting, no?

 

Your envy is obvious.

[kilroy69 1,032]

Oh yea, I get to typing real fast and make one typing mistake and its even close to the same thing.

[peenie 1,703]

no one here speaks old english do they?

slang influences change in language.

it's called creativity.

right now i'm listening to a singer singing, "i'm walkin' down the road...." "goodness gracious great balls of fire...kiss me baby....girlie let me love ya...."

that's all slang, but it's slang that has been incorporated into everyday language.

i'm not going to sit here and answer stupid questions.

it's like me trying to answer why did blacks invent rap or hip hop.

[/Osiris/ 0]

no one here speaks old english do they?

slang influences change in language.

it's called creativity.

right now i'm listening to a singer singing, "i'm walkin' down the road...." "goodness gracious great balls of fire...kiss me baby....girlie let me love ya...."

that's all slang, but it's slang that has been incorporated into everyday language.

i'm not going to sit here and answer stupid questions.

it's like me trying to answer why did blacks invent rap or hip hop.

[kilroy69 1,032]

Your envy is obvious.

LOL. A little tip. White people don't envy black people. HTH.

[Let Da Big Dog Eat 38]

/Osiris/ = Peenie

 

So obvious.

[kilroy69 1,032]

/Osiris/ = Peenie

 

So obvious.

LOL. Thats what I have been saying. I was wondering if anyone else picked up on that.

[peenie 1,703]

LOL. Thats what I have been saying. I was wondering if anyone else picked up on that.

are you serious? do you think i need an alias to validate my posts?

that's something you punk asses do, not me.

i'm grown and i don't have time for that.

i'm secure and quite confident.

i don't care if not one person on this site agrees with me.

 

young people are always trying to be different from the generation before it.

they're trying to be cool and enjoy life and not on anyone's terms:

[/Osiris/ 0]

White people don't envy black people. HTH.

Is that why some white folks spend tons of cash on tanning booths and risk all kinds of skin ailments by "laying out" in the sun trying to get dark like us?

[Let Da Big Dog Eat 38]

LOL. Thats what I have been saying. I was wondering if anyone else picked up on that.

Typical and totally expected responses all the way through when the answer is obvious:

1. Deflect

2. Obfuscate

3. Won't waste my time.

 

We all know what the real answer is and I mentioned it previously.

[kilroy69 1,032]

Is that why some white folks spend tons of cash on tanning booths and risk all kinds of skins ailments by "laying out" in the sun trying to get dark like us?

Having a nice little tint to your skin is a good thing. Not to mention that it lays down a nice base tan so you don't get burned when you go out in the sun. Tanning however does not mean that white people want to be black, again HTH.

[Me_2006 14]

Is that why some white folks spend tons of cash on tanning booths and risk all kinds of skin ailments by "laying out" in the sun trying to get dark like us?

Are...no. You can't be.

[peenie 1,703]

white people consume all that ignorance you all are complaining about.

every slang word, white kids try to replicate, every ignorant song, white kids are going out and buying it.

i'm going to bed now.

talk amongst yourselves.

[/Osiris/ 0]

Having a nice little tint to your skin is a good thing. Not to mention that it lays down a nice base tan so you don't get burned when you go out in the sun. Tanning however does not mean that white people want to be black, again HTH.

Uh....yeah. Sure.

 

I suppose that's also the reason why most white women get shots so that they can have full lips like Black folks, right? Because full lips is "a good thing," right?

 

And also why white folks always steal and become a part of Black art forms such as jazz, blues and hip hop, right?

 

You're trying, kilroy; your effort is applauded.

[kilroy69 1,032]

Best soulja boy. Sebastion the ibis.

 

 

 

 

[kilroy69 1,032]

Uh....yeah. Sure.

 

I suppose that's also the reason why most white women get shots so that they can have full lips like Black folks, right? Because full lips is "a good thing," right?

 

And also why white folks always steal and become a part of Black art forms such as jazz, blues and hip hop, right?

Peenie I thought you were going to bed. Women of any color get shots in their lips so they can have DSL.

 

 

 

And also why white folks always steal and become a part of Black art forms such as jazz, blues and hip hop, right?

 

 

As opposed to blacks who just steal.

[/Osiris/ 0]

Peenie I thought you were going to bed. Women of any color get shots in their lips so they can have DSL.

As opposed to blacks who just steal.

Wow, what thoughtful rebuttals.

 

Face it. Your ridiculous claim that whites don't envy Blacks is off base. Period. Don't be ashamed of it. Accept it. Embrace it. Live with it. But above all, don't deny it.