Casper Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/justice-department-seeks-ebonics-experts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidewinder600 Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 I learned some Jive while watching Airplane. Maybe they offer a program to cross-train into Ebonics from there. COL' got to be, y'know? Shiiiiit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrillo Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 They're looking for someone fluent in Ebonics, that can pass a security clearance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 I live in Cincinnati for 6 years, I might as well have a Masters Degree in Ebonics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrillo Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Yeah, I was just messing. I've got a relative in the Dayton Police Department, and he has learned lots of new words for guns and drugs while on the street. I think its mostly used for assault rifles, but he told me a gun is called a "choppa". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 I'm going to appply and then claim racial discrimination when they hire 9 black guys who have fewer degrees than me.but seriously, www.urbandictionary.com. I know Obama's trying to create jobs, but paying 9 people to do the work of 1 FREE web site... come on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrillo Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 I'm going to appply and then claim racial discrimination when they hire 9 black guys who have fewer degrees than me.but seriously, www.urbandictionary.com. I know Obama's trying to create jobs, but paying 9 people to do the work of 1 FREE web site... come on...Thats like saying why hire any linguists, when there is google translator and "language" to english books? Its invaluable having someone that understands it. You see how many completely different definitions urban dictionary has for each word? You could misinterpret what was being said if you were just translating it. Think the Bible, Quran, Old English, etc. Islamic terrorists interpret the Quran to mean kill infidels and get virgins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Thats like saying why hire any linguists, when there is google translator and "language" to english books? Its invaluable having someone that understands it. You see how many completely different definitions urban dictionary has for each word? You could misinterpret what was being said if you were just translating it. Think the Bible, Quran, Old English, etc. Islamic terrorists interpret the Quran to mean kill infidels and get virginsalthough I completely agree with your point, its ebonics. Doesn't take that much to understand and its not an official language. Hell, it shouldnt be a language at all if you ask me...more like gibberish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Boston city courts had to hire translators. Not so much to understand their own citizens of the city... But so the citizens could understand the English spoken in the courts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrillo Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Boston city courts had to hire translators. Not so much to understand their own citizens of the city... But so the citizens could understand the English spoken in the courts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CattaniAFJ Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Thats like saying why hire any linguists, when there is google translator and "language" to english books? Its invaluable having someone that understands it. You see how many completely different definitions urban dictionary has for each word? You could misinterpret what was being said if you were just translating it. Think the Bible, Quran, Old English, etc. Islamic terrorists interpret the Quran to mean kill infidels and get virginsIt is fucking EBONICS! Ebonics = ignorant, uneducated, gutter rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 im fluent in jive and ebonics but i dont want to infringe on the liberties and personal freedoms of other american citizens. the government has no right to tell me what i can or can not put into my own body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 wow wtf. this country is fucked, wit a capital F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I speak jive, ebonics, farsi & retard. They're all pretty close and some of them help me understand some of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwildi Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) This reminds me of about ten years ago or so when someone petitioned their local school board to add ebonics to the high school foreign language program. I can't remember for sure what city and state it was but I want to say it was either New York or L.A. At any rate, this pisses me off more than the imigrants who move here and refuse to learn english for whatever creative reason they decide to come up with. You can't take weird slang and mix it with poor gramar and fucked up pronunciation and call it a new language or even a modified version of a real language. It's not a language, besides, I don't hear anyone saying that we need southern redneck or Martha's Vinyard yuppie interpretors. Edited August 25, 2010 by jmwildi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper_308 Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrTSYhGtaqw&feature=search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I find it delightful when I read posts boasting the merits of the English lexicon that are riddled with grammar and spelling mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 only in America could the contingent of uneducated people become large enough to have their own "language" recognized...And before someone tries to call me racist for "implying that black people are uneducated," I'd like to point out that Clarence Thomas and Barack Obama aren't the ones bastardizing the English language. It's not ALL black people.I'm a firm believer that the vast majority of problems we label as "racial" issues are really economic issues. Ask Marshall Mathers. </rant> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CattaniAFJ Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I concur with redkow97. Not all black people speak like that, just like all whites don't speak redneck. There are plenty of offenders from both sides...and they all need their voice boxes removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Lazyness. Ghetto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InyaAzz Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Just be sure to hide the white women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGTL GRL Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I speak jive, ebonics, farsi & retard. They're all pretty close and some of them help me understand some of you.ROTFL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CattaniAFJ Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) Edited August 25, 2010 by CattaniAFJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 full of win. I'd buy that shirt if it came in white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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