EBONICS anyone? [Archive]

f0r5aK3n

Feb 6, 2001, 09:44 PM

aint none o yah talk ebonics foos!?!?

foh shoh, they aint nuttin wrong wit dis kinda talk but yo dis aint coo!

:lol: cant be teachin dis kinda **** in schools, ya dig?

no mattah how normal it is in da hood, cant be teachin all them foos to talk like dis..

ChiQui

Feb 7, 2001, 03:03 AM

I've heard of a couple of my Fil-Am friends talk ebonics using terms such as "chilaxin" and "one" but I don't talk ebonics because it's not in my nature.

I think you'll be interested in this show called "Friday Night Flava" on The Hive 100.3 FM, 9-12 pm. They have a segment dedicated to ebonics.

Ira

Feb 7, 2001, 08:08 AM

Wouldn't want to end up looking like a FOB.

RöttenMind

Feb 7, 2001, 10:31 AM

Hagrid talks ebonics right? :D

what are the rudiments?

f0r5aK3n

Feb 7, 2001, 02:20 PM

Originally posted by Ira
Wouldn't want to end up looking like a FOB.

doc, I think it's kinda the other way around.. :) I mean.. most Immigrants could or would not talk Ebonics jez for the fact that it's hard to learn or speak the language because they are of course learning formal English. The ebonic "language" or "dialect" is more pervasive to people who actually grew up around Ebonics.

Personally, I don't speak it well since I wasn't really surrounded by Ebonic speaking people but I still grew up around it...

There was a bill in California before that tried to make Ebonics as part of the curriculum. Thank God it didn't pass because I still believe in Formal English as the proper form of communication, especially, in the world of Business....

f0r5aK3n

Feb 7, 2001, 02:22 PM

Originally posted by RöttenMind
Hagrid talks ebonics right? :D

what are the rudiments?

Ruth, as far as rudiments.. hmmmm... I've noticed that most Filipinos that live there in the Phils that speak or talk ebonics have learned by listenin to HipHop. I guess you could start there.. but the ultimate factor into learning ebonics is really growing up around it. It's funny how some of them use terms that are already archaic in the Ebonic evolution....

YaYiN

Feb 7, 2001, 06:42 PM

hmm...what's your point?:)

i think it sounds strange to hear pinoys talk Ebonics, parang trying hard na ewan. most african-americans talk that way because it's their culture, the environment they grew up in. but to hear it from the mouth of a pinoy...di naman siguro ganon salita nila sa bahay eh!

i understand that they emulate the speech pattern because they embrace hip-hop, especially the music and the fashion, and i don't see anything wrong with borrowing some of their expressions. but i wouldn't be caught dead sounding like that. besides, i think what people fail to see is that hip-hop is an attitude; you can't adopt it just by sounding that way. that's so un cool...

maybe it's just a fad, you know, like in that Spike Lee movie last year Black & White about rich, white kids trying to act black.

:)

f0r5aK3n

Feb 7, 2001, 10:37 PM

Yayin: yah, I agree with you.. it's an attitude and not a way to be "in"

It sounds normal to a lot of filipinos here.. especially those that grew up here.. they actually talk that way at home too... minus the cussing of course. hehe.. they gonna get beatdown by their folks..

the point to this thread really is just to discuss ebonics.. :)

sugarlumps_jr

Feb 8, 2001, 05:45 AM

Who is you to axe me dat question?:lol::lol::lol:

Am up to nuttin',bro.Am juz passin.cheeeee

KiTTY2babe

Feb 8, 2001, 03:24 PM

I've been working as a TA for some time now and most of the kids I'm around with are black. They talk in abonics all the time that sometimes, I catch myself talking like them.

My mom, she gets a little exasperated 'cause she can't quite understand what the kids are nattering about sometimes, so she just asks me to translate for her. :D

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roundel

Feb 8, 2001, 05:44 PM

awwWYeAAaAH! WerD Up jON! hOW iZ Ya? nIG, DiS hEey tHreAd ofF tHa HeeZY! fO' sHeEzY! nIg YoU bE bAwliN, brAh! yO, yoU aIn't no SimP, nuTTin' buT a piMP, mAkiN heLlA scRiLlA! YeaAaAH!

(note the mismatched upper/lowercase letters. ebonics works best when matched with "ghetto font". hard to read, even harder to understand. so much fun! :lol: )

f0r5aK3n

Feb 8, 2001, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by roundel

awwWYeAAaAH! WerD Up jON! hOW iZ Ya? nIG, DiS hEey tHreAd ofF tHa HeeZY! fO' sHeEzY! nIg YoU bE bAwliN, brAh! yO, yoU aIn't no SimP, nuTTin' buT a piMP, mAkiN heLlA scRiLlA! YeaAaAH!

(note the mismatched upper/lowercase letters. ebonics works best when matched with "ghetto font". hard to read, even harder to understand. so much fun! :lol: )

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAAHAHAHHAA!

SuP SuP PLaYaH!! THiS Hea FoNT i Be uSiN's a LiL DiFF!

hehe.. aight.. it's too hard to type like that... someone should code an ebonic font and make it truetype.. hehehehe

joe, what's your take on ebonics? hehe before we get in trouble for small talking....

Ka|sKee

Feb 8, 2001, 11:01 PM

Originally posted by f0r5aK3n
Originally posted by Ira
Wouldn't want to end up looking like a FOB.

There was a bill in California before that tried to make Ebonics as part of the curriculum. Thank God it didn't pass because I still believe in Formal English as the proper form of communication, especially, in the world of Business....

they were not going to teach ebonics..they were just going to use ebonics to teach the black (african american children) how to speak english properly thru ebonics..parang ebonics, meron syang mga past, present tense tsaka tamang grammatical system..parang subject verb agreement or whatever..they were just going to compare their sentence para mas maintindihan ng mga bata how to speak proper english..

i hope this thread was not put up to make fun of the african americans..

n0b0dy

Feb 8, 2001, 11:07 PM

Imma bust a cap on yo fat @ss wid dis ebonics sheet!

hahaha just trying my ebonics skills!

ebonics is not only a way of speaking, also there is a distinct body language that comes with it. The way you walk, the way you move your arms. There is this laid back attitude and the same time menacing air in the body language while speaking ebonics, knaw whatta mean, nigg@h?! I find ebonics amazing. I try to speak it sometimes, when chillin with friends, but not in a business setting.

YaYiN

Feb 9, 2001, 03:43 PM

Originally posted by f0r5aK3n
Yayin: yah, I agree with you.. it's an attitude and not a way to be "in"

It sounds normal to a lot of filipinos here.. especially those that grew up here.. they actually talk that way at home too... minus the cussing of course. hehe.. they gonna get beatdown by their folks..

the point to this thread really is just to discuss ebonics.. :)

i meant that's not how they were taught to speak by their parents, you know, as opposed to most black people who don't really know any other way of talking, know what i'm sayin? still, it's a free country.:)

roundel

Feb 9, 2001, 05:15 PM

Originally posted by f0r5aK3n
joe, what's your take on ebonics? hehe before we get in trouble for small talking....

it really depends. a lot of non-black people use it to sound cool, or to project that bad-boy ghetto image. when used this way, there’s nothing more to say but “poseur”.

when heard in context though, it provides a key to understand the richness and the depth of black culture. I find it truly fascinating that the english language has transformed into a form such as this. it is both unique and common at the same time. ebonics has certainly reconstructed the regional and local urban language norms. it is a reflection of real-world experiences, images, people, places and events.

to use it without understanding the etymology of its words and the roots of its phrases just to further our self image is such a waste, as so much insight into a culture so different from ours can be gleamed from a truly pervasive language (TV, radio, movies) such as this.

Cali4Nia

Feb 22, 2001, 08:11 AM

Originally posted by roundel

awwWYeAAaAH! WerD Up jON! hOW iZ Ya? nIG, DiS hEey tHreAd ofF tHa HeeZY! fO' sHeEzY! nIg YoU bE bAwliN, brAh! yO, yoU aIn't no SimP, nuTTin' buT a piMP, mAkiN heLlA scRiLlA! YeaAaAH!

(note the mismatched upper/lowercase letters. ebonics works best when matched with "ghetto font". hard to read, even harder to understand. so much fun! :lol: )

Awwwhhh man Joe I'm busting out laughing here. My tummy hurts:lol: Especially "OF THA HEEZY FO SHEEZY" mmmbwwwwaahahahha:lol: I haven't heard that one since high school.

f0r5aK3n

Feb 22, 2001, 02:22 PM

Reggie: we wanna hear you speak EBONICS!! :)

winterswirl

Feb 22, 2001, 10:01 PM

ebonics ey? :D

just dropped by to say hi to mah bro JON!!!! *madhugz to yah* :love:

ChiQui

Feb 23, 2001, 01:32 AM

winterswirl

Feb 23, 2001, 01:57 AM

hi ChiQui girl!!!!! :D

congrats....i heard...:*) i'm hella proud of yah girl!!!! *proud*

byers!!!

back to.....EBONICS :D

roundel

Feb 23, 2001, 02:58 AM

awwWYeAAaAH! WerD Up jON! hOW iZ Ya? nIG, DiS hEey tHreAd ofF tHa HeeZY! fO' sHeEzY! nIg YoU bE bAwliN, brAh! yO, yoU aIn't no SimP, nuTTin' buT a piMP, mAkiN heLlA scRiLlA! YeaAaAH!

Translate please :)

awwWYeAAaAH!: oh yes!
WerD Up jON!: a question like "What's up?", or "What's the word?". addressed to jon in particular
hOW iZ Ya?: how are you?
nIG, DiS hEey tHreAd ofF tHa HeeZY: my friend, this thread is "off the hook".
off the hook: cool
fO' sHeEzY!: for sure! definitely!
nIg YoU bE bAwliN, brAh!: brother, you are a bawler!
bawler: someone who has established himself, someone who is making much money, and who is good with the ladies
yO, yoU aIn't no SimP: yes, you're no simpleton
nuTTin' buT a piMP: nothing but a pimp
pimp: a ladies man
mAkiN heLlA scRiLlA: making a lot of money
YeaAaAH!: yes!

:D