"They been stopped it" Ebonics or ignorance?

Question

This is the answer I got to a question I asked the clerk at McDonalds.
If "Ebonics" is the grammatically whole language it is purported to be, please tell me what the hell this sentence means!

Answer 1

Ebonics sound very ignorant to me. It's language spoken by uneducated individuals who cannot form sentences correctly. I don't like the fact the black people adopted the language because it makes us look very stupid. I am an educated black woman, and I don't speak Ebonics. I have always been teased about the way I talk, mostly by my black friends since they say I talk "white". I feel that when black people say talking proper is talking white, they are basically putting their own race down. I'm blessed to have parents like mine, because they taught me me well.

I have been around others who speak Ebonics fluently, and I understand Ebonics very well. That phrase means "They have discontinued that product, and it has not been available for quite some time"

Answer 2

The answer to the question that was originally asked is that the product has been discontinued.

But mostly I wanted to weigh in on the Ebonics issue. No disrespect to anyone out there but you can be speaking Ebonics and be ignorant of the correct way to speak. Ignorance does not mean stupidity, and if one is ignorant it my not necessarily be through any fault of their own. (What they teach in English classes today is a disgrace, or rather what they don't teach.)

I complete understand the "talking white" comment, because it is one that I have heard all my life, and I can also flip when I feel like it. I've always thought it was a shame that just because I spoke properly I was labeled as different, but I never took it as a insult or interpreted it as a put down to my race. It is just a straight comparison. When most of the people you know speak Ebonics and the only people you have ever heard speak proper English are white then that it what you relate it to.

There's nothing wrong with speaking Ebonics. It was already commented that if it gets the message across then it's all well and good. But I do believe that one should be able to speak properly if the need arises. Because the need will arise. And I think that more Black people would be equipped to be successful in the work force if they were like me and could switch back and forth.

Answer 3

"They been stopped it" means that someone canceled or ceased production on what ever item you're inquiring about". As far as whether it's Ebonics or ignorance? That depends on the sender or the receiver of the message. Now if the receiver of the message truly did not understand the message than it's the sender's job to make sure to send the right message by clarifying what they meant? If they can't, then that's ignorance. If the receiver knew what's meant, than that's Ebonics. The problem with the term Ebonics is that they cater the language to "Black", “Afro-American", "Colored", or "*****" people, when in actuality the slang or dialect comes from the Southern or Country part of the United States where most of United States Citizens (Not saying Americans because America consist of two Continents, not one country) lacked an educational, financial, and/or aristocratic environment and resources. Just so happen (not really) those ex-slaves migrated to the north and west and maintain the dialect or slang that was taught to them and still practice to this day. This is a cultural phenomenon where blacks speak this particular style in an environment that doesn't accept this style of tongue but can excuse it because of the fact it has the same words, but not sentence structure, that allows the listener to be able to decipher the meaning.

When it comes down to whether Ebonics is a language, I feel that it's as good as any language. It has its own sentence structure, verbs and proverbs so on and so on. I won't say its proper American English, but American English at one point wasn't proper initially when it was perceived by the British. I see Ebonics as Nigerians see Pigeon English. The thing with Nigerians is that some also know how to speak British English as well as Pigeon English, just like some people in China, India and Morocco speak different dialects and sometimes many languages within one community.

Now I don't feel they should label blacks with declaring that blacks have their own language. Give credit to where it’s due. "Southern and Country White Men and Women" To have Ebony in the name Ebonics is just straight disrespectful and unappreciative. Everyone should be able to communicate with one another living in this country, what ever means they do, that is up to them, hence the freedom of speech. Though it's the job of the Sender to send the message to the Receiver with the least amount of noise (anything that can be a barrier, distraction, or effect the meaning and content of the message), but if you understand what someone is saying whether or not they said it the way you wanted them to say it, then you got the correct message. "No need to be politically correct, just comprehend what I'm trying to say to you!"

Answer 4

For all of those who said this is ignorance, think twice about it. I am black...can show the white man one face and then change into my other face so I know it's me. In other words, I can flip from what you call "proper English" to ebonics in a heartbeat.

In fact, it's nothing more than culture. White people, and some black people, get real upset about its use...I say get over it. We have long since been speaking our own language and it kills some people to know that we have something they don't.

If anyone is wondering, which I know some are, I am working on my second degree, which just happens to be English/Literature, a master's and a doctorate. I don't find myself ignorant or stupid at all. I am highly educated with a proficiency in English, but I be dangon if Ima let sombody tell me I can't talk da way I wansta talk. Is culcha an' y'all needa get ovit.

If you didn't comprehend that I won't apologize, as the language needs no interpretation, unless you're conservative and have been sheltered all your life.

By the way, to the person who asked this question, think about it. It actually makes more sense than the English translation. Don't for once think that the language in America is proper English...I have some friends from England who laugh at all "yankees" for the way they talk. There are little more than 1000 words in the English language that were made up by Americans, then take away the American Indian words, it leaves America with about 524 words that they came up with. Then you take away the words that are OE and obsolete or obsequious, then that leaves 100. Not a whole lot, huh?

Answer 5

Ebonics is just plain ignorant! Teaching children incorrect English is school is just horrid. You go to school to learn to be articulate. Save the slang for the street; which is where it belongs!!!!

Answer 6

"They been stopped it" means They have stopped that already or previously. That is ebonics and there is a lot of slang used by all races and african-americans have just put ours into a actual language to be accepted by everyone.

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Answer 7

Ignorant but in the same way as inbred red necks reference the type Jeff Foxworthy Sterotypes

Answer 8

Ok , ready for controversy ? in the African American dialect some forget when to leave their comfortable way of talking with a southern accent (which cuts off certain word endings) behind when they are not around friends or family . most African Americans learn to speak English two ways . im sure when your forfathers came here they were faced with the same situation,how soon we forget.some people born here can try harder to fit in though.the sentence means ..what ever you were asking for is gone. get over yourself, you are not superior!

Answer 9

ignorace. i took ebonics in high skool. thats not grammatically correct. in ebonics it would be "They went and stoppped it".

Answer 10

They don't never been done stopping it! You just be not listening.