i find myself interested in linguistics and especially ebonics and have discovered that despite the fact that i am a "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
so if you want/need anything translated into ebonics please give me the opportunity to do it for you.
i find myself interested in linguistics an' especially ebonics an' gots discovered dat despite da fact dat i be uh "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
Come, come.. perhaps we's should remember ta speak da Queens English, as we's say in dis here part o' da world!
Sloppy speech iz just dat, an' can occur in all cultures . It seems ta gots been "dignified" by association wiff negroid Americans.
Similar things gots been tried here, Bibles in Cockney , or da Yorkshire dialect .
But it iz just poor Eenglish.
slap mah fro!
sometime ago, the wtbts published.
a watchtower study article,that.
pointed to :.
It seems as if those last 8000 are some really tough old codgers who live a long time. If you are trying to make some logical sense out of these goofy statistics, forget it. The simple fact of the matter is that the "annointed" have very little if anything to do with the WTS. Due to the fact that I am under 30 years old, I should still be around when this number actually reaches zero(barring any freak accidents or diseases). The new spin that they will be forced to come up with should be quite interesting. OM
i find myself interested in linguistics and especially ebonics and have discovered that despite the fact that i am a "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
so if you want/need anything translated into ebonics please give me the opportunity to do it for you.
i find myself interested in linguistics an' especially ebonics an' gots discovered dat despite da fact dat i be uh "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
Some examples of Black English follow:
1. Indicating habitual action through verb structure, notably using the form "be" as a verb. This use of be derives from an aspectual verb system that is also found in many African languages. Its use conveys the speaker's meaning with reference to the qualitative character and distribution of an action over time.
"He be hollering at us", "I like the way he be psyching people out"
2. Indicating remote past through verb structure, notably using "been" with stress.
"She been gone"
3. Predication with optional copula The sense of complete predication conveyed by a noun followed by an adjective, adverb, verb, noun, or prepositional phrase. This is common in many West African languages, (e.g., in Kimbundu, Ene macamba, literally "They friends")
"He real little", "They in the house", "My momma name Joyce"
4. Semantic Inversion, turning a word into its opposite. This feature is familiar in Mandingo, a ka nyi ko-jugu, literally, "It is good badly", or it is so good that it's bad.
5. Appropriating and secularizing church terms. Some terms are derived from the Traditional Black Church.
"On T", "Testify"
6. Pronominal apposition, repeating the subject for emphasis. This feature is common in Yoruba, Eya me, ot cu, literally, "My mother, she has died"
7. Use of speech acts, that are either not in White English at all or are not used according to the same set of social rules of speaking.
Signifyin'- the verbal art of insult
Dozens- a form of signification where one signifies on anothers kinfolk.
Use of Proverbs- "What goes around, comes around", "A hard head makes a soft behind"
8. Signaling of possession by context and/or juxtaposition. No use of inflectional -z (written as apostrophe s)
"My daddy name John"
9. Tonal Semantics The use of voice and rhythm and vocal inflection to convey meaning. This gives Black speech its songified or musical quality. Both Black rappers and preachers use word sound to communicate at deeper levels to which words alone cannot convey. Examples include shouting, intonational contouring, use of rhyme, repetition and alliterative word-play.
From a strictly linguistic view, Smitherman(1995) indicates that West African languages are tone languages. The speakers of these languages rely on the tone with which they pronounce syllables, sounds, and words to convey their meaning.
The space does not allow for a full exploration of examples of Black English. For a more thorough coverage of this topic the reader is referred to Smitherman (1977); Dandy (1991); Major (1970); Labov (1972); Dillard (1972); Rickford (1975); Kochman (1972,1981); Baugh (1983); and Spears (1984).
i find myself interested in linguistics and especially ebonics and have discovered that despite the fact that i am a "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
so if you want/need anything translated into ebonics please give me the opportunity to do it for you.
i find myself interested in linguistics an' especially ebonics an' gots discovered dat despite da fact dat i be uh "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
I am quite aware of "complex psycholinguistic structure" as I am studying it in a 300 level anthropology class. It is also found in other dialects such as Pidgen and Creole. If you find this offensive? then PLEASE do not look at it. I never made the assumption that all Blacks use all these patterns all the time (or even use any). If you find this offensive then PLEASE do not look at it as I am serious about my ability to translate English into this legitimate dialect.
OM
By the way I have run some of this past several of my friends, who happen to be black, and they thought it was quite good.
Interest has increased in developing English as a second language (ESL) programs for African-American children who speak Black English. Recently the Oakland CA. Unified School Board adopted a policy that addresses the need to teach children who use "Ebonics" how to understand the difference between Ebonics and "Standard English" and learn to appropriately "code switch". For more information see Oakland Policy and their Amended policy statement.
i find myself interested in linguistics and especially ebonics and have discovered that despite the fact that i am a "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
so if you want/need anything translated into ebonics please give me the opportunity to do it for you.
i find myself interested in linguistics an' especially ebonics an' gots discovered dat despite da fact dat i be uh "whiteboy" i can "ebonicize" about anything(poem,song,letter,whatever).
I find myself interested in linguistics and especially Ebonics and have discovered that despite the fact that I am a "whiteboy" I can "Ebonicize" about anything(Poem,Song,letter,whatever). So if you want/need anything translated into Ebonics please give me the opportunity to do it for you.
I find myself interested in linguistics an' especially Ebonics an' gots discovered dat despite da fact dat I be uh "whiteboy" I can "Ebonicize" about anything(Poem,Song,letter,whatever). So if ya want/need anythin' translated into Ebonics please give me da opportunity ta do it fo' ya. you know das right!
so, why not cowboy up, brother, and get your assets back here.
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good on you, cowboy.. -amnesian
So, why not cowboy up, brudda, an' git yo' assets back here. w0rd!
stephen bates recently wrote an article about the flogging death of a girl in chicago http://www.guardian.co.uk/archive/article/0,4273,4301026,00.html.
he kindly sent me a copy of a letter he received from the wts office in pennsylvania and gave me permission to post it.
i don't have time to fix the formatting right now.. .
Dear Mr Brown,
Your letter o' 14th December, addressed variously ta muh ma fuckin colleague Emily Bell, who edits da Guardian Unlimited website, an' ta someone called Ms Best, who I
do not recognise, has been passed ta me as I wrote da four paragraph story about da Slacks o' Chicago last 17th November ta which ya took exception. I be not quite sure why it took ya uh month ta respond but I thought I should at least reply ta ya.
First o' all, may I say dat I be very flattered dat ya state dat da Watchtower magazine an' Awake! both quote so extensively from da fair an' unbiased coverage provided by da Guardian. Since I do not normally see either publication, I would be most interested if ya would care ta send me cuttings o' deez articles, complete wiff da attributions since, as ya know, it would be uh breach o' copyright ta use our material without permission in yo' magazines. Your encomium iz nevertheless welcome.
Since muh ma fuckin recent writings about da Jehovah'sWitnesses gots concerned its affiliation (and subsequent disaffiliation) from da United Nations, an organisation it refers ta in its loving, joyful, peaceful, long-suffering an' kindly way - ta quote Mr Leon Slack - as da scarlet coloured beast o' da Book o' Revelation an' since ya clearly took nahh objection ta da accuracy o' deez articles (otherwise we's should presumably gots received uh letter from you) I
sincerely trust dat in da interests o' accuracy an' openness deez too willhave appeared in yo' publications an' I hope dat dis here wuz so. I peep forward ta seeing dem.
My article did not imply dat da couple acted as dey did cuz dey wuz Jehovah'sWitnesses. It merely stated dat dey wuz devoutly religious an', separately, dat dey wuz Jehovah'sWitnesses. Both deez facts iz true an' not disputed by ya or Mr Leon Slack. Since I assume yo' sect do not condone such appalling behaviour, I cannot see what yo' problem wiff da story iz. It
do not allege dat dis here iz normal behaviour by Jehovah'sWitnesses or ta be expected by dem, so I be at uh loss ta explain yo' sensitivity or ta see how ya can justify da slur on muh ma fuckin integrity by suggesting dat da story in some unspecified way "gave insufficient attention ta facts" in its brief four paragraphs.
I gots uh confession ta make, dat in compiling muh ma fuckin report on da case o' da Slacks, taken from reports in da highly-regarded Chicago press, I did not static ta contact either yo' London or yo' Brooklyn offices. The reason fo' dis here wuz dat muh ma fuckin experience o' dealing wiff Mr Gillies over da United Nations issue has been dat he believes fully in da Jehovah'sWitnesses' stated "theocratic war strategy" by which it iz permissible ta mislead wiff half-truths an' evasions "birdseed" such as we's non-members o' yo' sect. Since dis here iz da experience o' muh ma fuckin colleagues in Britain also over da years, may I suggest ta ya, as director o' da office o' public 411, dat ya may gots uh certain credibility problem in yo' dealings wiff da media at least in dis here country.
In any event, I be not sure in uh four paragraph article how much space could gots been given ta Mr Leon Slack'sobservations since, despite being uh loving, joyful, peaceful, kindly, mild an' self-controlled etc person he had evidently failed ta spot previous episodes o' mistreatment by his brudda o' his chil'ns,
or ta act upon dem as he clearly should gots done had he been aware o' dem.
This suggests dat his closeness ta his brudda'sfamily an' hence his knowledge o' his brudda'sbeliefs wuz not as thorough as it might gots been. Perhaps ya would care ta respond ta dis here.
Yours sincerely,
slap mah fro!
if you have that sculptured physique....i guess you already know..... .
sex helps women avoid cellulite, says report .
a new report claims that sex helps women avoid getting cellulite.. german magazine glamour claims sex strengthens body tissue and helps the skin to renew itself more quickly, becoming firmer and more elasticated.. the reason for this is that during sex the female body releases an extra dose of oestrogen.
I was a bit bored so I translated this article to Ebonics- sort of as a public service.
Sex helps biAtchez avoid cellulite, says report
A new report claims dat sex helps biAtchez avoid getting cellulite.
German magazine Glamour claims sex strengthens body tissue an' helps da skin ta renew itself mo' quickly, becoming firmer an' mo' elasticated.
The reason fo' dis here iz dat during sex da beotch body releases an extra dose o' oestrogen. This helps combat da dimpled "orange peel" effect.
The report didn't say how often biAtchez should make love ta avoid cellulite but, as uh guideline, suggested "as often as ya like".
just like mammy.
Openminded
i know i haven't been here in awhile, but i just figured i'd drop by and say hello.
:) haven't looked at the new posts much yet.
i'm guessing things haven't changed much, though.
You really handled that guy well. I do not think your story was weird at all an I am glad you shared it with everyone -Thank You. I am now going to check out your novel. -openminded
hi, everyone.. on my researches about the jdubs.
i read that they are restricted or forbidden from engaging in activities such as sports, working out in a gym or in martial arts.. i, who does all three, have a question for the members of this forum:.
when you were a jw, could you do any of the three activities mentioned?.
I am glad for the younger JW kids who may now have the opportunity to play sports in high school. I can tell you that the pain this issue has caused me is the #1 reason I started investigating the WT.
The sad reality of this whole situation(caused by the WTS) has caused an ubridgable rift between me and my parents(who I hold responsible). At this point in my life(Im 28) I cant even bring myself to speaking with them. The fact that they put some tired cult bullshit ahead of my every dream, passion, and talent makes me very depressed. I feel like if I carry on with them like a normal son they will feel that their stand was valid and think; "see things can work out if we listen to Jehovah" but I am not going to let that happen. I want my childhood back! -om
