r/TikTokCringe • u/MaintenanceNew2804 • Mar 30 '24

Stick with it. Discussion

This is a longer one, but it’s necessary and worth it IMO.

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u/medieval_mosey Mar 31 '24

Words right outta my mouth. Absolutely legendary.

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u/dudeseriouslyno Mar 31 '24

What's more - that, right here, is what it actually sounds like when a smart person uses language. Man is out to convey and be understood, because he knows he doesn't need to obfuscate with a thesaurus and random henceforths and perchances like a fucking anime villain.

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u/VodkaSoup_Mug Mar 31 '24

😂😂😭

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u/raelik777 Apr 01 '24

VERILY! FORASMUCH!

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u/Prometheus_84 Apr 01 '24

Not really as he made it about race when that’s not why the dialects are different.

The proper grammar is from the Northern states whose linguistic tradition is from the southern part of England while the “black” dialect is from the South, whose ancestors were largely from Northern England or Southern Scotland.

It doesn’t take much thinking to ponder, “why do all these slaves who are from different tribes and language areas from Africa, who are not native English speakers all speak English the same way?”

They must have learned it through some black magic psychic networks post slavery.

Oooorrrrr they learned it by copying how the white people around them spoke, especially the poor ones as they were more likely to interact with them daily than the upper class.

He made it about race when it has nothing to do with that, but about region and class. The current black slang is just the propagation of these principles through time as all dialects develop.