don u hate it dawg wen peeple tawk lyk i am doin now?

Question

it gets on my nerves... I cant understand their obsure popculter language.

one time i asked somebody why they talked like that and he said because he was black... im like... that doesnt matter.

Answer 1

It is more effort, to make it less readable, to sound "Not-Cool!"
and Yes I do!
If you can "learn" that...then... "learn English!"
occasional abbreviations are fine but... come on!!

Answer 2

If you're referring to TYPING on the internet, then YES, it is annoying and only makes you look stupid, unless it's a "thing" that you do with your friends, in that case keep it in your little group, don't bring it into a public forum, it only makes you look dumb.

If you're referring to SPEAKING- well, are you aware that you're a bigot? You discriminate against people based on language. It's hard to tell from your transcription, but it looks like you're thinking of a dialect like Ebonics. Dialects are NOT inferior to the kind of English you hear on TV and radios. In fact, Ebonics has a verb tense that no other American English dialect has, and all those "errors" you think black people make are actually following highly structured grammatical rules. So, next time you hear someone say "He be workin'," that is NOT an error, it is proper grammar- just not the grammar of the dialect YOU were taught from a textbook. "Correct English" is only the dialect that was chosen to be standardized and taught- it is in no way superior to any other dialect, like Southern, Ebonics, Catskills, etc.

Someone said that blacks who use Ebonics are only doing it to create a cultural identity. What's WRONG with you bigots? These people are speaking the language they were RAISED with! It's not something they've decided to do as a demonstration. Now, how would you feel if you went to the South, and talked differently from everyone else? Would you change the way you speak to match them, or stick with the language you were raised with? I don't see what your problem is, unless you're just racist and languist.

I'll agree that SOME people will go all out with hip-hop or rap slang, and that's equivalent to any other young people who pick up a different way of talking, like you said popculture. You should make sure, though, that you don't mistake Ebonics for some hiphop trend. And don't be too hard on kids who speak that way- communication is how you fit in with your friends, and if it's popular for all their friends to use pop slang, that's only natural.

Words like "dawg" are slang, just like slang words I'm sure you use. I personally say things like, "Don't you hate it, man, when people act like anyone who speaks differently from them is inferior?" Words like this often vary from dialect to dialect, but generally mean the same thing.

Answer 3

It's called "Desperately seeking an Identity." Black folks who embrace Ebonics and the whole Hip Hop, Gold Tooth, Pants hang'in off the ars culture are deeply insecure in their own skin so they struggle to stand out.
You'll notice that successful Black Americans have risen to a place where their ethnicity in no way defines them. They refuse such labels.
These successful Black Americans have risen so far above mere racial definitions that their success breeds jealousy and resentment from those who have chosen to remain on the Plantation of failure and stereotype.
They comfort themselves by labeling those they should emulate as "Uncle Toms" and "House Ni**ers."

Answer 4

Absolutely

Answer 5

Well, the ones that do it have obviously got to be smart, it takes a lot of effort to talk that way. They should put those smarts to better use.

Answer 6

Hey it's just modern day short hand, but sometimes if someone does it a lot, it gets aggravating!

Answer 7

keep walking in the dark you will come out sooner or later

Answer 8

It doesn' matter to me one way or another. To each their own.

Answer 9

NO IT DOESNT!(matter) i hate that talk way more than you

Answer 10

Nope doesn't bother me.