.....or has it been taken over by this terrible "yo yo, fo'sho beeatcth" stuff? Terrible language all-together.
2006-09-08 05:41:37 · 10 answers · asked by mojawoja 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Jive continues to evolve today and survives in what we now call Ebonics. It's an English variation that originates primarily from the Black Culture. If you want to hear the latest version you sometimes have to endure a little "yo yo, fo'sho beeatcth" stuff, but it's interesting to see how quickly it evolves and how readily the suburban white youth adopt it into their vernacular. I think Rap and R&B music is currently the biggest cause of this. I'm not too good at it, but it sounds a little like this now:
In California (Oakland) dey wuz fittin nuh teach it in duh school.
Iffin yuh like tuh read den here's some books fuh yuh...
Dillard, J. L. (1972). Black English: Its History and Usage in the United States. Random House. ISBN 0-394-71872-0.
Mufwene, Salikoko et al. (1998). African-American English: Structure, history and use. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-11732-1.
Rickford, John (December 1997). Suite for Ebony and Phonics. Discover magazine Vol. 18 No. 12.
Rickford, John (1999). African American Vernacular English. Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-21245-0.
Rickford, John and Rickford, Russell (2000). Spoken Soul: The
Story of Black English John Wiley. ISBN 0-471-39957-4.
p.s. Wow!
The spell checker only picked out "fo'sho beeatcth" and accepted the rest of my jive.
2006-09-08 06:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jude Scott 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jive has taken a few turns and seems to change with each generation of homies. Jive that was spoken in the movie "Airplane" is more classic traditional jive, while today it is more ghetto/gangsta jive.
2006-09-08 05:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by bamski 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah the speak it. Its just called Ebonics now. Ya Dig ya feel me Ha ha ha. Jive will always be as long as we have teenager we will have jive. Peace!
2006-09-08 05:51:24 · answer #3 · answered by prizelady88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes haha there are. My friend totally speaks in Jive! LOL
He's a riot because everyone thinks he's sooo old school but I love it!
Word.
2006-09-08 05:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by Patricia R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did people ever speak Jive? I have a feeling it was just in movies.
2006-09-08 05:57:18 · answer #5 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jive is from the 70s....they didn't say yo yo .some slang...Whats up man...be cool man.. word man was used alot...there's my man
2006-09-08 05:46:08 · answer #6 · answered by babo1dm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is widely spoken in the population centers of Jivewegia, Jiveland and Jiveoslovakia.
2006-09-08 05:46:44 · answer #7 · answered by work_thenplay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Word.
2006-09-08 05:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it not called ebonics look in the dictionary part of Wikipedia
2006-09-08 05:44:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theet ja!
2006-09-08 05:43:58 · answer #10 · answered by fred[because i can] 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋