I be ain't talkin' no whack english, boy

[Peegee]

Ebonics is (for some reason) considered a separate language altogether. However it (sort of) uses common english 'grammar' (I am hesitant to make this a claim; let's just say 'I tend to see it as using english grammar sometimes ). Anywho:

What is your opinion of ebonics?
What do you have to say about people who mix languages in their sentences? Does it bother you to schalten Sie plötzlich Sprachen tout en lisant une phrase ?

Ebonics implies an African origin. I prefer 'black english' which embraces other 'black' cultures, including haitian, jamaican, and other cultures. Some university courses actually teach black english (not to be confused with ebonics).

As for randomly switching languages, as long as I understand what it means, I have no problem with it. I try not to, but when I speak Chinese, I sometimes pause, think, and decide to finish the sentence in english. *sigh*

Also, since it's not technically a fallacy to speak random languages within a sentence/paragraph/etc, my only argument against switching languages for whatever reason is that it is unclear, or contributes to a sense of unclearfulness in expression.

[Nait]

It's fine by me, but then again I'm such a great guy.

[Kirobaito]

I hate ebonics.

[Bernhard]

Randomly switching languages is plague. But I generally don't bother saying anything. Each to their own. I don't think it's worth letting it get on my nerves.

[Mikztsu]

I don't mind it, as long as the company you are with understands what you are saying. Generally, I find it always kinda rude when people starts talking with some other language, what their companions can't understand.

[crono_logical]

My dad's side of the family tend to randomly mix english and bengali together in the same sentence, or othertimes it'll be one person speaking in one language, the other in the other yet both understand each other fine I don't really think it's a problem, some things are easier to express in one language concisely than in the other, and it's fine if both sides know both languages

[Breine]

My family speeks many languages: Danish, German, American, Swedish and sometimes French... So I'm kinda used to it, it doesn't bother me at all... As long as people can understand it...

[Dr Unne]

Some rules of ebonics are actually more consistent than official English grammar. For example in ebonics I think you tend to conjugate all verbs regularly, even irregular ones. So you have drived instead of drove, and things like that. That's what I learned in linguistics class anyways.

I don't know any other languages, so I tend to speak only in English.

[Nait]

There is no official english grammar. x)

[Dr Unne]

By "official", I mean commonly accepted as standard by academia. For example, most people would say that "officially", you need to capitalize the word "English".

[Nait]

But still.

[Leeza]

When I'm speaking with other Russian people we switch back and forth between Russian and English and even use some English words that we have Russianized because there really isn't another word for them in Russian. Ebonics is okay when you're only speaking to other people of your culture, but not when there is a mix because that is rude, in my opinion.

[Nait]

Where from Russia are you, Leeza? I want to know before we invade Kola.

[Leeza]

I believe that my ancestors were from the Georgia area in Russia. Where's Kola?

[Bernhard]

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