Hi I'm Italian and I'd love to be able to speak Ebonics (American Black English). I know almost all the features of this dialect but there's something that ain't clear to me:
- I know that in Ebonics words like "for", "sure" and "before" are pronounced "fou", "shou" and "bi'fou", but why I've always heard saying "more" like "mo" (just without the "r", like English people do). Shouldn't it be "mou" (with the final u)?
- How do they pronounce "au"? For example, in words like "down", "town" and "now" they pronounce the "a" like the "a" in "cat", but why do they pronounce "abaat" for "about" and "aa" for "out" and "our"? Is there a rule in these cases?
2007-10-23 05:30:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I can't give you a hand about this.
But if you want to learn it, keep on posting in Y!A!! :p
2007-10-23 05:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to learn that? It's not even a real language--just a bastardization of a real language (English).
2007-10-23 12:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
LOL funny question. But hey you can go to www.urbandictionary.com they have like slangs and ebonics on there and their transalation.
hope this helps a bit. =]
2007-10-23 12:48:47 · answer #3 · answered by blah blah 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go chill in tha hood.
2007-10-23 12:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by hot06tc 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
get a life!!
2007-10-23 12:34:15 · answer #5 · answered by nw finest 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋