what's up with ebonics? why say something like "i don't know nothing"?
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Ebonics, also known as AAVE (African-American Vernacular English), is recognized by linguists to be a perfectly good dialect of English.\n\nThe example that you gave, for example, is an example of the classic "double negative" form, which many people think is a degraded version of Standard American English.  However, the double negative has actually existed in English for hundreds of years.  Chaucer used it in his writings, for example, and he's considered to be one of the most important writers in the English language.  In addition, many other languages use similar grammar in their standard forms.  For example, in Spanish, as mentioned, the equivalent sentence would be "No sé nada." which could be literally translated as "(I) don't know nothing."  Very educated speakers of Spanish wouldn't say it any other way.  You could see this form in Italian and Portuguese as well, and probably many others.\n\nIn fact, there is at least one grammar point where AAVE is recognized to be superior to Standard American English in preciseness.  This form is called the "habitual be".  For example, in AAVE, there is a difference in meaning in the following sentences:\nHe be happy.\nHe is happy.\n\nThe first sentence is talking about the person's general personality or character: he's a happy person all the time.\nThe second sentence is talking about the person's current condition: he's experiencing a happy state right now.\nStandard American English only has one way to say either of these things: "He is happy".  If I hear that sentence in SAE, I'm not sure whether the person is talking about the man's personality or current state.  Therefore, in this respect, AAVE is more precise than SAE.\n\nWhy is AAVE not accepted to be a legitimate dialect of English, then?  Unfortunately, it's because of prejudice.  People don't accept that dialect because it's associated with people they don't like (namely, blacks).  When we say we don't like a particular accent or dialect, it's a reflection of our feelings about the people who speak it, even if we don't realize that.  This is why one linguist has said that linguistic discrimination is the last acceptable form of discrimination.
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no sorry i don't know anything about what your saying.... sorry!!!!
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huh?\ni don't get it?
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I do not even understand what the heck you're trying to say.\n\nSplooch!
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I have no idea what your asking.
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I have no idea what you are asking.
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because nobody understands that question
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You are absolutely clueless as to what you're saying.
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I don't have any idea...
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I don't have any clue
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no idea \n\ntry babelfish for a translation
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First, I can't recognize the sentence in the title question... it doesn't make sense in any language I know of...  from what I can tell, it's complete gibberish... Did your cat happen to run across your keyboard?\n\nSecondly, I think the ability to understand irony and sarcasm is a function of intelligence.  Also, there is a difference between understanding irony and sarcasm and appreciating irony and sarcasm.  Appreciating it is a function of a person's sense of humor, which I think is at least a little culturally based.  As an American, I can assure you that many of us do appreciate irony and sarcasm; and as an American who has lived in Texas, California, and New York, I can tell you that I have been much freer to express my sarcastic self since I moved to New York.\n\nThe problem is that so many people misuse sarcasm and irony because they really don't know what they are.  Well timed and well crafted irony is, in my opinion, the most beautiful thing in any language.  So you should feel free to use irony and sarcasm as long as they're a part of an intelligent joke or observation, given that you execute them properly (so... not just as a snide comment, which I've found is how most people are sarcastic, and that's just no fun at all).\n\nAs far as these things being part of a language issue, I speak Spanish, and I've been able to be successfully sarcastic and ironic in Spanish.  I haven't tried in any other language that I speak because I'm most fluent in Spanish (after English), and I'm not as advanced in the others.  And since I already sound like a small, slightly retarded child when I speak the others (and sometimes in Spanish and English as well), I'd rather not fail horribly in making a joke on top of it all.  At least with sarcasm, a lot of it has to do with the tone of voice.  So, the speaker has to feel comfortable enough speaking the language to be able to manipulate their tone appropriately, and that definitely requires a certain amount of expertise.\n\nOh, and also (last thing, I promise), it's much harder to be successfully ironic and sarcastic online, or in writing generally.  When you can't impose a tone on your words in writing, it's much easier for people to miss the humor.  I think that's why Oscar Wilde is so popular; it's really difficult to write in an ironic or sarcastic tone, and yet his tone is always unmistakeable.  Unless you're dumb.
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Could you teach me how to speak Ebonics too?
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I have NO idea what you are talking about or asking.
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Ebonics becomes stupidity when you dont know the difference between speaking proper english and the common street slang. Ebonics is fine when hanging out with friends, but if you can't turn that off and speak correctly when you are at an interview, or other professional venue, then you know you have a problem.
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I do not know.  I admit I do not know and I will never force anyone else to admit that they don't know.  Make sense?
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English please, Can't answer what I can understand.