Peter Parka
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A letter "u" in what? That letter is in a lot of words lol, it's also not in a lot of words though.
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A letter "u" in what? That letter is in a lot of words lol, it's also not in a lot of words though.
I would love for that to be true. The U.S. used to be a melting pot, but I don't think we are anymore. People used to come here and become Americans. But now we have different kinds who speak different languages, hang in different groups, wave different flags, and have different agendas and loyalties. I've heard it put that we've transformed from a melting pot to a tossed salad.heck the country is more a melting pot than it ever has been, look at your surroundings Gi Gi.
You would be called a racist in the US for that attitude.
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Queue as I learned recently. :24:
I wonder how long I've been looking like a jackass to you Euros?
There is no such thing. "English" is constantly changing and always has been. There's no "right" or "wrong" way to speak English. Ebonics is actually a perfectly acceptable form of it.yes that is exactly correct.
One speaks grammatically correct english (the kind you are "supposed" to learn in school .. basedon the phoenics system) .. the other alters that english and basically turns it into a sub language that is based on abbreviated versions of the words .. verbs/adjectives, ect.
Actually its never been that way. There's always been the same ethnic divides and groups through American history. "The great melting pot" is a fancy buzz word put into text books.I would love for that to be true. The U.S. used to be a melting pot, but I don't think we are anymore. People used to come here and become Americans. But now we have different kinds who speak different languages, hang in different groups, wave different flags, and have different agendas and loyalties. I've heard it put that we've transformed from a melting pot to a tossed salad.
I hate that our society is letting this happen.
I'm sure the socialists here will have a problem with that, which is kind of strange when you think about it.
I must have missed something, because if anything, I thought his comment was polar opposite of racist. :confused
As to the original question, I find that as a white, Christian, middle class, straight male I am not allowed to voice an opinion having anything to do with race. I must simply accept that I am inherently a racist who's forefathers have shamed my line for all eternity. :smiley24:
You and your bleeding heart can take up for it all you want .. but it is not a perfectly acceptable form of the american english language. Grammar has not changed much at all since they started teaching it in American school. They've been teaching the same "grammar" for over 50+ years .. and I don't forsee "ebonics" EVER being taught in school .. except by verbal practice .. because the teachers "speak" that way .. not because they are actually teaching it.There is no such thing. "English" is constantly changing and always has been. There's no "right" or "wrong" way to speak English. Ebonics is actually a perfectly acceptable form of it.
If you want to talk about "sub languages" your modern day, "grammatically correct english" is a incredibly bastardized form of what was spoken in the UK before. So "grammatically correct english" you speak of is a total sub-language.
now why would you wanna go and through that letter in a word that doens't need it :24:Humour
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The way you spell it is a bastardization of REAL english. :smiley24:now why would you wanna go and through that letter in a word that doens't need it :24:
it's cull-or ... not cull-ure
Bleeding heart? no no, my dear, this is fact. The English language doesn't have any "real form". What exactly is "American english language"???? If anything, its a dumbed down version of what they had in the UK.You and your bleeding heart can take up for it all you want .. but it is not a perfectly acceptable form of the american english language. Grammar has not changed much at all since they started teaching it in American school. They've been teaching the same "grammar" for over 50+ years .. and I don't forsee "ebonics" EVER being taught in school .. except by verbal practice .. because the teachers "speak" that way .. not because they are actually teaching it.
It sounds and makes the person speaking that way seem uneducated and illiterate. It's really sad to send a child to school and them come out sounding like they've never been. :smiley24:
I wouldn't judge their entire culture on their young people of today. They have a very rich history of music, art, poetics, song, folklore, dance, style and so on.I know .. and it sounds the same coming out of who ever chooses to use it's mouth .. idiotic.
The black "culture" just chooses to emphisize it more than anyone else .. look at most of their "music". I'd venture to say 85% of it uses ebonics in their lyrics.
There IS no 'correct' English, linguistically speaking.yes that is exactly correct.
One speaks grammatically correct english (the kind you are "supposed" to learn in school .. basedon the phoenics system) .. the other alters that english and basically turns it into a sub language that is based on abbreviated versions of the words .. verbs/adjectives, ect.
So, what exactly do you think they are teaching us in our GRAMMAR classes we take every year of school and 3 times in college?There IS no 'correct' English, linguistically speaking.
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So Toronto school board voted in favour of a Afro-centric school to be opened in 2009.
What are your views on this? Doesn't have to be Afro-centric- could be of any ethnicity. Would you send your kids to a school segregated only for your ethnic group (Or yourself attend one?)?
Personally, I thought we were passed that era when we believed in segregation.
Apparently not.
Well, I'm not sure about America, but we stop taking grammar classes some time in primary school/ early high school, from what I'm aware.So, what exactly do you think they are teaching us in our GRAMMAR classes we take every year of school and 3 times in college?
Every language has it's grammar .. and ebonics is the slang-ized version of "american" english.
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