African American English

Da udda day, I was walkin down da street and thinkin bout my old fren Jackson. We use-a be such good frens, and den one day, outta nowhere, he says he don't want ta be my fren no more. It was sad. I felt real bad bout it for a lon time. Den, as I turn the corner, I saw him. He ax me, "How you doin?" I says, "I'm okay. How you doin?" He says, "Okay." I toll him I'm the new manajah of my sto. He says, "Gratulations." He says he been workin real hard addis job and he was sorry dat he hadn't talked ta me in a whiles. He says I look good, and dat we shoo get together sooner ratha dan late-ah. We shook hands and says goo'bye.

That was harder than I thought it would be! I think that AAE speakers should be encouraged to learn proper English. Part of the reason is that you can't succeed in the business world if you don't know how to use proper English. The fact of the matter is that people do discriminate against individuals who don't speak properly! If worse comes to worse, I think that the government should allocate some funds to help AAE speakers get caught up.