Monday, March 10, 2008

AAE

Da othe day, I was walking down da street thinking about my old friend Jackson. We used to be such good friends, and then one day, out of nowhe, he said he didn't want to be my friend anymo. It was sad. I felt really bad about it for a long time. Then, as I tuned the coner, I aaw him. He asked me, "What's up?" I said, "Chillin. What's up with you?" He said, "chillin." I told him I am the new manage of my sto. He said, "Dope." He said he had been working really hard at his job and he was sorry that he hadn't talked to me in a while. He said I looked good, and hoped that we could get togethe sonne rathe than late. We shook hands and said goodbye.
I did this the best I could by cutting off the r's and using slang words where necessary.

I believe it does have effect on how speakers are perceived. They are perceived less intelligent because they don't speak proper english to "the man" the white person who is perceived to be ahead of them. But now in the schools of AAE children they are trying to integrate right english into the schools so that when they leave they have that basic knowledge to help them in the real world.

2 comments:

Shawn D said...

I agree with Bryce that speaking in AAE does make you feel that its less intelligence. It feels like street slange. I think it has to do with the perception of AAE in movies and tv shows. You never see a nice African-American middle class family speaking it in tv shows or movies.

cjudkin2 said...

i agree that if you do not speak the proper english you are seen as less intelligent. it is this that seperates us in many ways.