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Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:42:18 PM t 22 replies Chicago Tribune ^ | August 29, 2010 | Clarence Page Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to be taught or whether it is a separate language. But the DEA has little doubt about its usefulness. The federal agency has put out a request for linguists who are fluent in "Ebonics." |
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Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
On 29/08/2010 23:50, O'Donovan, PJ, Himself wrote:
Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:42:18 PM · t · 22 replies Chicago Tribune ^ | August 29, 2010 | Clarence Page Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to be taught or whether it is a separate language. But the DEA has little doubt about its usefulness. The federal agency has put out a request for linguists who are fluent in "Ebonics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin "A pidgin (pronounced /ˈpɪdʒɪn/) language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between groups of people. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language.[1][2] A pidgin may be built from words, sounds, or body language from multiple other languages and cultures. Pidgins usually have low prestige with respect to other languages.[3]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patois "Patois (English pronunciation: /ˈpætwɑː/, pl. /ˈpætwɑːz/[1][2]) is any language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics. It can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects, and other forms of native or local speech, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based forms of cant. Class distinctions are embedded in the term, drawn between those who speak patois and those who speak the standard or dominant language used in literature and public speaking, i.e., the "acrolect"." -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show |
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Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
the most common perversion of the English language is the hillbilly version,
and explains why nobody can understand the stupid *******s and why they are stupid *******s to begin with, they don't understand English yall you see when god was passing out brains they thought he said trains and they said they didn't need any because they weren't goin nowhere LOL, and it's still true 4000 years later "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote in message ... On 29/08/2010 23:50, O'Donovan, PJ, Himself wrote: Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:42:18 PM t 22 replies Chicago Tribune ^ | August 29, 2010 | Clarence Page Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to be taught or whether it is a separate language. But the DEA has little doubt about its usefulness. The federal agency has put out a request for linguists who are fluent in "Ebonics." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin "A pidgin (pronounced /'p?d??n/) language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between groups of people. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language.[1][2] A pidgin may be built from words, sounds, or body language from multiple other languages and cultures. Pidgins usually have low prestige with respect to other languages.[3]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patois "Patois (English pronunciation: /'ptw??/, pl. /'ptw??z/[1][2]) is any language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics. It can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects, and other forms of native or local speech, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based forms of cant. Class distinctions are embedded in the term, drawn between those who speak patois and those who speak the standard or dominant language used in literature and public speaking, i.e., the "acrolect"." -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onetribe - Occult Talk Show |
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Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
I just watched post-game interviews with a couple of Black NFL
players. "You knows"? Painfull. |
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Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:50:34 -0700 (PDT), "O'Donovan, PJ, Himself"
wrote: Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:42:18 PM t 22 replies Chicago Tribune ^ | August 29, 2010 | Clarence Page Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to be taught or whether it is a separate language. But the DEA has little doubt about its usefulness. The federal agency has put out a request for linguists who are fluent in "Ebonics." When I first saw this I thought it was ridiculous but it isn't. They need to know what the drug dealers and criminals are saying on wiretaps. |
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Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
Brian wrote:
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:50:34 -0700 (PDT), "O'Donovan, PJ, Himself" wrote: Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:42:18 PM t 22 replies Chicago Tribune ^ | August 29, 2010 | Clarence Page Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to be taught or whether it is a separate language. But the DEA has little doubt about its usefulness. The federal agency has put out a request for linguists who are fluent in "Ebonics." When I first saw this I thought it was ridiculous but it isn't. They need to know what the drug dealers and criminals are saying on wiretaps. The name "Ebonics" is what is ridiculous. |
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"GlennR" wrote in message ... the most common perversion of the English language is the hillbilly version, and explains why nobody can understand the stupid *******s and why they are stupid *******s to begin with, they don't understand English yall you see when god was passing out brains they thought he said trains and they said they didn't need any because they weren't goin nowhere LOL, What about people who laugh at their own jokes? and it's still true 4000 years later 4000 years later than what? |
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Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
Brian wrote:
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:50:34 -0700 (PDT), "O'Donovan, PJ, Himself" wrote: Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators Sunday, August 29, 2010 5:42:18 PM t 22 replies Chicago Tribune ^ | August 29, 2010 | Clarence Page Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to be taught or whether it is a separate language. But the DEA has little doubt about its usefulness. The federal agency has put out a request for linguists who are fluent in "Ebonics." When I first saw this I thought it was ridiculous but it isn't. They need to know what the drug dealers and criminals are saying on wiretaps. Ah yes... I saw that series. |
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"DVH" wrote in message news:soLeo.56103$bD2.8828@hurricane... "GlennR" wrote in message ... the most common perversion of the English language is the hillbilly version, and explains why nobody can understand the stupid *******s and why they are stupid *******s to begin with, they don't understand English yall you see when god was passing out brains they thought he said trains and they said they didn't need any because they weren't goin nowhere LOL, What about people who laugh at their own jokes? and it's still true 4000 years later 4000 years later than what? yall see what I mean about chronic ignorance and stupidity, thanks for proving my point so quickly, yall bein a good gomer boy there LMAO, the boy doesn't even understand the point, it whizzed right by that empty head |
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