Single Ethnic Schooling.

[gLing]

Isn't the grammar spoken between northern and southern americans different?

 

[All Else Failed]

Isn't the grammar spoken between northern and southern americans different?

Yeah.

 

[gLing]

So then why should it be a big deal if it is different between ethnic groups. From what I read ebonics is similar to creole spoken in Louisiana.
We even have this problem with ASL as well. There are variations and different dialects around the country.

 

[SRC]

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.

I believe it is important to learn your language the way you would another language... and that means learning basic structure, and basic phrase rules. Of course, it helps to have perfect 'grammar' if you are writing a university essay, for example, to get your point across, but when it comes to speech (not including formal speeches, like by a politician), I don't think it should really matter as long as people understand each other.

Then why respond if you don't know about the way it is in the US .. that's what we're talking about here? If you don't know, how can you respond to an argument surrounding soemthing you don't have a clue about???? :unsure:

And this is my problem .. People who speak in ebonics .. you CAN'T understand them a lot of times. They don't form proper sentences.

Yeah.

No it isn't .. both sides of the US are taught to form sentences the same way, learn to spell the same way, ect .. we are taught to form sentences, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns the SAME exact way .. the only thing that might be different .. are our accents.

 

[All Else Failed]

Then why respond if you don't know about the way it is in the US .. that's what we're talking about here? If you don't know, how can you respond to an argument surrounding soemthing you don't have a clue about???? :unsure:

And this is my problem .. People who speak in ebonics .. you CAN'T understand them a lot of times. They don't form proper sentences.


No it isn't .. both sides of the US are taught to form sentences the same way, learn to spell the same way, ect .. we are taught to form sentences, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns the SAME exact way .. the only thing that might be different .. are our accents.

and dialect and in some cases how you spell the word.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

No it isn't .. both sides of the US are taught to form sentences the same way, learn to spell the same way, ect .. we are taught to form sentences, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns the SAME exact way .. the only thing that might be different .. are our accents.

People in different parts of the US are taught the correct spelling and grammar in the same way, but when you're taught and grow up in the south, you're going to have more of a southern accent. Words only sound different because of how they're pronounced (aka having an accent).

 

[Boomer]

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[SRC]

and dialect and in some cases how you spell the word.

People in different parts of the US are taught the correct spelling and grammar in the same way, but when you're taught and grow up in the south, you're going to have more of a southern accent. Words only sound different because of how they're pronounced (aka having an accent).

Just because I pronounce something one way and someone else pronounces it another way .. doesn't mean it's spelled a different way .. hello.

I'm from the south and I try my best to pronunciate my words properly, despite my accent. It's possible. And the people I'm talking about .. are FROM the south .. and they are not speaking with an accent or in a different dialect .. they are chopping sentances up into some sort of goulash .. forming their own special bastardized version of US grammar. And it's retarded.

Can you imagine how a spelling bee would go if someone with ebonics was saying the words .. no one would be able to spell the words properly. :smiley24: