Posted by john on October 03, 2002 at 06:21:11:
In Reply to: Re: Ma baa-- Jahm be sayn'uh nah Jeen posted by Mister Metal on October 02, 2002 at 23:15:35:
: : :ah no wuh jeen be sayn. ah jus don no f ay'n gree. ah ten we ah sho ta lah dis ah da tahm. dis uh may sehn da me.
: : oo! ah may'uh bi matay. i wa Jahm be sayn dos tengs un'abor nah Jeen. she unh deeuh'fuhn pos. ma baa...
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: i guess i have to keep it white for yall when it comes to my grammar..i forgot i go to a predominantly white non ghetto church..ok i will try to remember that ok? gosh...i cant believe yall never heard fasho..i like how ryan said it the other day..he asked me..dood whats fasho..pronounced like..fashion..without the ion in the end..and addin an o..it was funny...eh yall are no fun!!!
Now I may be mostly white, but I am far from white bread. I can handle just about any dialect I've run into-- when spoken. The problem is that when typing there is no inflection which is linguistically what makes dialects understandable. I've never seen a book on dialectic grammer, so it's not like there is any convention on the spelling. Personally, I did get "fasho" for the record. But I'm as guilty as anyone for typing without checking what i type. I transpose letters all the time.
We must never assume that those who speak or write according to proper english are unable to understand the other slang. And the reverse is true, we must never assume that accents or dialects reflect anything about intelligence. I was raised in backwoods Florida around some of the thickest black and spanish dialects around. believe me it has nothing to with race or culture.
Plus I've heard you speak extremely well, you just type in dialect.
(not mad, just having fun with this ;)