Ebonics Homework

Tatiana

Apologies to any Tyson fans, but this was too funny!

As part of his parole agreement, Mike Tyson has to go back to school
and finish grade 5. This is Mike's Ebonics homework assignment. He
must use each vocabulary word in a sentence.

1. Hotel - I gave my girlfriend crabs, and the ho tel everybody.

2. Dictate - My girlfriend say my dictate good.

3. Catacomb - I saw Don King at da fights the other night. Man,
somebody get that catacomb.

4. Foreclose - If I pay alimony today, I got no money foreclose.

5. Rectum - I had two Cadillacs, but my bitch rectum both.

6. Disappointment - My parole officer tol' me if I miss disappointment
they gonna send me back to the joint.

7. Penis - I went to the doctors and he handed me a cup and said
penis.

8. Israel - Tito try to sell me a rolex. I say, "Man, it look fake."
He say, "Bullshit, that watch Israel."

9. Undermine - There's a fine lookin' ho in the apartment undermine.

10. Acoustic - When I was little, my uncle bought me acoustic and took
me to the pool hall.

11. Iraq - When we got the poolhall, I tol' my uncle, "Iraq, you
break."

12. Stain - My mother-in-law stopped me and I axed her, "Do you plan
on stain for dinner?"

13. Fortify - I axed this ho on da street, "how much?" she say,
"fortify".

14. Income - I just got in bed wif a ho and income my wife.

April
"Love never dies." Voivodul Vlad Draculea (from Bram Stoker's Dracula-1992)

yrs2long

Hi Tatiana,

I know this is a joke but Ebonics was given such a bad rap from the media much in the same way apostates have been given a wicked spin by the WTS. Ebonics is assumed to be spoken only by unintelligent persons but that is certainly not the case. Millions of persons learn it as their first language and learn it well and due to its unique grammar differences from standard English, learning to speak Standard English for these folks would be akin to becoming Bilingual.

Of course, lay people often misunderstand it and think it only to be slang language or a failure on the part of people to properly learn English.

Anyway, it is just a pet peeve of mine to hear Ebonics associated with ignorance or learning ability.

Take care

SixofNine

Oh God! I can hear the arguments this one is going to start already!! Or as I like to say, this bitch is gonna blow up da board. tru.

Tatiana

Don't trip....it was just a joke. I could see someone getting offended if Mike was actually intelligent!! I don't even think this is an accurate description of Ebonics. It's "just" a joke!

April
"Love never dies." Voivodul Vlad Draculea (from Bram Stoker's Dracula-1992)

JanH

I just wait for the rednecks to pick up this idea... what would that language be called? And who would teach it?

- Jan
--
"Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets

Xena

lol April...you a bad bad wooman!

hhhmmm redneck language? rebonics?? what the hell bubba???

Faithful2Jah

I am an African American. I do not talk that way and I resent your "joke." Racial jokes and streotypes are just plain dumb.

sunstarr

I am an African American. I do not talk that way and I resent your "joke." Racial jokes and streotypes are just plain dumb.

Unless your name is Mike Tyson, that post is really irrelevant.

yrs2long

Hi Tatiana,

I wasn't implying that you were doing or saying anything wrong nor am I trying to stir up any controversies. Just was adding my few cents on a subject that I've done extensive research about and written about.

Actually, the term ebonics is a word that was coined by black linguistic professionals as an expression of pride of African sounds and language structure; it is a combination of two words, ebony (black) and phonics (sounds).

It was sort of like the JW's deciding to name their own religion rather than merely accept what was being ascribed to them. As you know, the word has come to represent everything but linguistic pride. It has become a dirty word indeed.

Anyway, as I said, this was merely informational and I have no intention of dredging up another emotional debate about it and I don't think you were either.

Take care.

tyydyy

Since I'm from Arkansas, I am more familiar with Hillbonics.
Some of the more popular phrases were.
Meer! Youant sum fresh maters.
Dem taters 'bout ready to dig?
HoooooooWeeeee! Dat outhouse is STAINKY!

Actual conversation:
"How'd ya get dat knot on yor forehead, Doyle Gene?"
"Well Tim....My dogs treed a coon and I didn't have no gun with me so I picked up this here rock ta throw up thar and knock dat coon out an............"
Tim: "{{{{{snicker}}}}}"

Loved your post TATIANA!!!! and I love seeing your face around here.

TimB

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