Creative language

Da otha day, I was walkin down da street and thinkin bout ma ol frien Jackson. We'd been such good friens, then one day, he's like he aint want be ma frien no mo. It be sad. I fel really bad bout it for long time. Then, as I turned the corner I saw him. He aksed me, " How ya doin?" I say, "I'm Ok. How ya doin?" He say, "OK." I tell him that I be the new manager of ma sto. He say, "Congrats." He say he been working real hard at his job and he sorry he aint not talked to me in a while. He say I look good, and hoped we could get together some time. We shook hand and say goodbye.

This was interesting to attempt. I tried to shorten the words and the sentences themselves within the confinements of what our reading presented to us. I also just let the words flow out as I would imagine they would within that language barrier. For instance taking the "g" out of "ing" words and endings. Talking out the "d" on friend; replacing verbs of present tense with be or eliminating them all together.

I personally never knew or even considered the native language of African American's prior to the slave trade and even during that time. The developement of a pidjin must have then been handed down generation to generation and eventually developed into what is now known as AAE. With that basis it should be recognized and considered as a distinct dialect of the English language and I believe that focus on schooling and developing AAE should be funded and encouraged. Although I can see why it might be looked down upon. When considering AAE in a school of which teaches in Standand American English to students of whom are English speakers of which grew up in the environment of an AAE household its evident that they have the ability to learn the language of both and I think that while we shouldnt discourage the use of AAE that both parties can find that medium of understanding. They should enact classes that help to integrate both dialects into a manner in which a teacher might be able to understand an AAE speaker and vice versa. AAE students should have the same rights as any other student and if they show a difficult time learning or adapting to Standard English then considerations should be made to better enhance the communication between both the teacher and student or of whomever is involved. I dont feel that AAE should be suppressed in any way only that both groups work together to better understand one another.