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Black Jeff Foxworthy jokes aren't funny.
I heard that my high school was considering teaching Ebonics as a class, like Spanish or French. I almost broke out the napalm.
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Originally Posted by Do You Like Erotic?
It's called Black English Vernacular and is actually an accepted dialect of English, believe it or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pineapple
That doesn't make it any less bullshit.
Honestly, there's no reason for dialects to be taught as a class. I don't see Cockney classes in school, and I don't see -ben classes here. It's fucking stupid.
Remember when this was a Jeff Foxworthy routine?
EDIT: Beaten to itYeah, I gotta agree. School is where you learn all the goofy shit that's going to get you a job and prepare you for life. Teaching a vernacular, especially a constantly shifting one without any real rules, is only going to hurt kids.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
Everyone has their way they talk at home, and the way they talk in a job interview. We need to stop being so sensitive about that and just accept that. School isn't there to teach you what you already know, it's there to teach you the formal way of doing things. Otherwise, why go?
I wasn't advocating it being taught in school, just pointing out that it's actually a dialect, nothing more.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I still find it to be a horrible idea. How can you give someone a grade for butchering the English language?
The real question is: What's improper ebonics? How do you fail that test?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pineapple
Standard spelling and grammar, duh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frogacuda
I wonder - are numbers acceptable spelling in textbook ebonics? Like, rave un2 the joy fantastic? And while we're on the topic, Prince didn't spell 'the' as 'da' - is that acceptable?