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Mar 07, 2006 20:56

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floodsofmemory March 8 2006, 07:42:37 UTC

We should talk.

Soon.

Soon . . . . .

thisbrandnewday March 14 2006, 02:35:08 UTC

okay okay! call me dear. :)

dinnerlove March 8 2006, 14:27:06 UTC

another thing about ebonics is that they have a tense that we don't have at all (i forgot what it's called, but i promise it exists).

also something i've learned in school about dialects is that we unfairly project poor views on certain dialects based on who speaks them-- but we can understand them just the same. they have all the same technicalities that we have, so what would make OUR dialect better than THEIR dialect?

blahblahblah.

dinnerlove March 8 2006, 15:30:16 UTC

oh! the tense is called "habitual being" meaning someone always does something. they use the verb "to be" differently and it can do that.

sorry i can't explain it better, i need to learn more myself first.

thisbrandnewday March 14 2006, 02:36:02 UTC

hm, yeah sounds interesting, and i totally know what you mean about our vs. their dialect, that's really what my teacher's point was. i find it all so interesting, and saddening at the same time. i am trying to un-shelter myself!