It’s afro American sociolect.
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gmtom@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Completely tangential, but why are the ‘s’ at the end of words starting to get cut out “She start talking ot you like she work for HR” should be "she starts talking to you like she works for HR
its not like it saves you time, and it just sounds awkward and clunky to say.
Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
remer@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yup. Sounding educated and well spoken will get you mercilessly bullied in a lot of placing in the US. Here in Florida we call it “crabs in a bucket” because if one starts climbing up the others will pull it back down.
AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Much of Appalachia is the same. If you don’t talk like a redneck, you get picked on. The smart kids with social savvy will learn to code switch.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 years ago
So we’re still looking to survive bullies rather than holding them responsible for bad behaviour I see.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That’s an explanation to bully and harass. not an excuse.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 2 years ago
If you still got the point of the post does the language matter if it doesn’t sound exactly the way you speak?
CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
And using three periods instead of one comma
HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
They just use the infinitive, like for example in “I swear she be doing that” (instead of “I swear she is doing that”). Thats just a dialect some people have.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yes it is a tangent and it wasn’t appropriate to derail.
It’s really not as kind as a person thinks they are being when no one asked them to correct their grammar. It doesn’t show respect to the topic or the person speaking. Something about not letting perfection prevent progress. And honestly it wasn’t hard to understand what the OP was saying so even going the ‘hard to understand’ excuse wouldn’t fit for a grammar troll to stretch their legs out on here.
gmtom@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Does it not get exhausting to constantly get butthurt over the most trivial bullshit you read online?
ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It’s African American Vernacular English. Calling it “uneducated and improper” can and will be perceived as racist as it’s a legitimate dialect of the English language.
quindraco@lemm.ee 2 years ago
“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
lady_maria@lemmy.world 2 years ago
…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
gmtom@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Because most people that use it aren’t African and many aren’t American.