Code Switching ((English or Ebonics???))

Does speaking "proper" mean speaking white or standardized English.
What the hell is Ebonics anyway? Slang is a great if you want to sound like you are in the 3rd grade for the rest of your life. Let's take a look shall we?

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[FoundInBetween]

....also the documentary said there are Brits who mourn the loss of much of the dialects there due to standardization and they really appreciate the inner vowel lilt and even the twanginess of some southern dialects because it harkens back to language of British theater. Like the British cockney accent. I have heard people from Georgia with a beautiful accent and some black southerners who would be amazing doing Greek or British theater! Anyway, sorry to stray from your point. Great vid though.

[MrVeesworld]

@FoundInBetween Hey thanks for checking this video out. I happened to see that British documentary a while back. I was amazed at the etmology of the English language and found it very fascinating.

[BigOldScout]

I am currently working in Germany as a Project Manager on an international team. Even though I can speak German, the language spoken at all meetings is English, because we have French, Italians, Czechs....

If you speak in, "Slang" be it Southern English (What I grew up with.) or New England English people will have a hard time understanding you and forget a carrier.

Take Care.

[MrVeesworld]

@BigOldScout HEy thanks for that story. I am sure it sucks to have a southern or east heavy accent sometimes especially abroad.

[Adeikov]

@organiclibra Predominately in China I gather?

[organiclibra]

Hey no means to burst your bubble but the number one most spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. Time to edit....

[FoundInBetween]

I watched this series on the American English and it made me "hear" the southern dialects in a different way (not ignorant - of course the crackery Gomer Pyle thing is another story though) but also there are northern rural areas that sound "southern". The funniest part was when this guy from "Appalachia" was going, "Don' yunder is the crick.." and the narrator goes, "At first this was thought to be the English of Shakespeare's day." What?!

[MrVeesworld]

@nigelholland3 If you are from the south then of course you are going talk in the same maner as your peer group. As a kid i watch alolt of documentaries, historical movies, debates, the news, and even Star Trek the original series, They programns helped to improve my vocabulary and in some case grammer, I also group up in California in the suburbs of San Francisco, mostly in white neighborhoods, so standard english applied 24/7.

[MrVeesworld]

@nigelholland3 Sure but in this context English as we speak it in America has it's own standard in general terms accent or no accent. My point is clear effective communication utilizing actual words you will find in Webster's dictionary that most black folk to whom I am addressing steer clear of or just refrain from utilizing at all cost. Libraries exist fro a reason my friend.

[BigOldScout]

@MrVeesworld On the case of the Southern accent, I love my accent and sometimes when northerners from New York come to Germany not knowing I'm also an American, I put it on heavy.