can share your thoughts on black english?
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jus anufer dilek, man. Y eveybody be trippin.\nI be da prezident uf a large mofukin corporashun. Eveybody respex me fo my skills. Gots me a crib inda burbs, lotta flash, lotta wimmens. I be livin laage. Aint nobody gona tell me I dont deserve it o takes it from me. Dey try dey be wack. Isa legetimit language wealls use when we wants respec.
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ever heard the word 'paranoid'?????\nim in the UK and its a known fact that most crime is commited by black people here, an u expect us to love u? why?
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I'm English.  I was born in Yorkshire, England, and now live in High Wycombe.  Fair enough it's still Britain, but I prefer English.
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There's a book entitled, "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria and other questions on Race" by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum that addresses this question from a sociological and psycological point of view. It's a good read. \n\nI can tell you why I feel comfortable gravitating towards black, at least at first. One thing we (fellow black people) automatically have in common is our personal experience. The biggest group of people still affected by hate crimes, according to the FBI, is black people. Another thing is that I get tired of questions. I understand that people are curious about black people, but sometimes I don't want to explain the history of why some black people are sensitive about hair, or why we are "allowed" to say the n-word and they are not.\n\nAlso, I'm a person in a subculture where most of my friends are white just because there aren't many black people involved in the culture in one area. It gets lonely sometimes. \n\nI do think black people need to branch out more but there are legitimate reasons for why they "segregate" themselves. Also, why not try to talk to some of these black people one on one? Often, black people will let you in if you interact with them individually.
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what is wrong with black???  are we racist?????
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Negro is a Spanish word translated to English is "Black".  It don't really matter what you think.  It really is up to your friends on whether or not they want to take offense.
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Responding to THEY LIVE, it's not funny and you're just as ignorant as the people who use the word!!! Black people especially shouldn't use the word that degrades them. I don't know why they use it. they're just as ignorant as the people who made it. we need to come together as a black community and get it together!!
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I don't know why they say axe instead of ask.  I would think it's the same reason that some of them speak Ebonics rather than English.  Their parents never learned how to speak correctly and they just follow suit.  The inner city schools for some reason don't try to get them to speak correctly.  It is a shame because it makes them appear stupid and uneducated and it affects their ability to get a good job as adults.  Not all blacks speak like that though.  Those raised outside of the ghettos and poorer neighborhoods speak the same English that the rest of us do.
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Do you have something against that language? \nWhy did he use this language rather than any other?\nAny other? like what a dialect?
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You do know that when you say "I'm not a racist, I have black friends" it makes people a tad suspicious.\n\nAnymoo, as an African American I must say...\n\nBoth are offensive and idiotic. I wish all those words would not be used anymore. News flash, it isn't cool.
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i'd help them and assist them on the grammar and suggest ways they can improve on their english. just as long as they say a few simple words, i can usually understand what they are saying. sometimes, when i'm in central london i have tourists, who don't speak perfect english, come up to me and asking me to take a photo of them and i oblige. as for people, such as those who come to settle down in britain from other countries, who don't speak it well, i do commend them for trying, and yes i appreciate people who make the effort, whilst not patronising or being nasty to people of other cultures. it goes to show they are willing to learn and are prepared to learn a language, just so they can become better and all-round communicators and learners. i know that for some english is difficult- but it's never impossible. with practice and persistent learning, anyone and everyone can speak and pronounce english extremely well
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Many native dialects reformed English as Pidgin English, spoken and understood by 99% population.\nNational or official languages: Edo, Efik, Adamawa Fulfulde, Hausa, Idoma, Igbo, Central Kanuri, Yoruba, English.\n\nhttp://360.yahoo.com/jcbroogley
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I vote for emphatic British English , by FAR the most beautiful in my ears.  I just love the rhythm & cadence & intonation of strong British erudite English.  The formalism of it.is so charming.\ncoming in second place to me is the High-German language.   so forceful & direct & powerful.  Makes anything you say sound like a command.  German is a no-nonsense language ideal for military & discipline & command.  and I like that.  \n\nI find the Romance languages boring.  I am not interested in the so-called Mediterranean culture.  I was raised in so-called Eastern mediterranean culture & I didn't care for it.  \n\nI also am charmed by the sounds of Swedish,& Norwegian - also very partial to the sounds of Korean& japanese.& Russian.  I love the cadence & the way they resonate.   And I also am fascinated by the sound of the Greek language in songs & speeches.\n\nI'm sick &tired of hearing how great French & italian are.  I want to differ sharply from this.
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Well, from my time in Brazil, I can say they are called pretos which means blacks. In English, I always say Afro-Brazilian because it sums it up easily and effectively. \n\nAs far as England...you got me there.
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If you were both blind, would you know the differences between you (other than maybe an accent!).\n\nI have talked with people on the phone who had assumed that because I sound white, I'm white and must automatically agree with their views and their prejudices on racial matters.\nOther other side, I have talked with none whites who assume because I sound white I am and therefore have the selection of prejudices they 'assume' I have on these things.\n\nI deeply resent those assumptions from both sides. No one gave anyone the right to assume to spreak for me, or to assume anything for me.\n\nI have listened to Black people talk and have heard their colour / racial prejudices, just I have with Brown people (Indian / Asian men seem to love their women to have 'light' skin tones...!).\n\nI have had none-white colleagues and friends who have shared the same tastes as me, liked the same books, films and activities ...and sometimes the same taste in female compansionship too. I once had none white girlfriend too.\n\nI suspect that your colleague who said "whites / blacks could never be 100% honest friends because were too different," was speaking about / for herself.\n\nPersonally I get pi***d off whenever I hear someone speak on 'behalf of others in such broad sweeping statements'.... and WITHOUT their permissions to do so.\n\nRegards.\nSash.
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3 of my ex's are black. So I would have to say... NO\n\nMaybe I was just unlucky\n\nlol!
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This is not the answer that you're looking for.\n\nI just have a major bee in my bonnet about the abhorrent standard of English used in this media.\n\nThanks. I have got it off my chest now !