Thank You for your educated review. Its so important that our culture is reviewed & analyzed thru an unbiased lense.. Very rarely do we get honest interpretations....you are greatly appreciated. You've just taught me not to view my own vernacular as negative, but more creative. As a black woman born in America, I have to constantly remind myself not to view myself thru the eyes of those who deem themselves "superior". Thank u, sir🫡🫡
@alexanderd.9460Ай бұрын
I question the reliability of much of this as a skeptic. My default English is black, but close to half of the info imo is wrong. Other half is spot on. I appreciate the effort into explaining the nuances, however I think he may need to speak to some more people that actually grew up talking "black". Some of the complications and therefore sophistication is wrong (ain't right 😂). All love though, thank you.
@getinloser666Ай бұрын
@@alexanderd.9460That’s the part I’m trying to figure out. It’s like some of these “Black” people in these comments are JUST now realizing their own speech is valid (because a White guy in a YT video said so). Black English can’t be studied because it’s so heavily nuanced, localized and can vary depending on location; even some of his examples are quite dated. While I’m not saying I don’t appreciate the attempt, Black people can’t be studied on a cultural, social and spiritual level by someone non-Black. I guess for some people it takes a Caucasian to say the same thing we’ve been saying for years, in order for anyone to pay attention.
@alexanderd.9460Ай бұрын
@@getinloser666 it does seem like a white guy patronizing blacks for clout, but I also want to give him the benefit of the doubt that he is acting with honor even though he is plugging his book that is probably very flawed still.
@QueenBthatsMe777Ай бұрын
Two VERY privileged and entitled white ppl "question" this😂😂😂
@roxipayton9894Ай бұрын
@@alexanderd.9460There is no such thing as “speaking Black”. Poor English and slang is poor English and slang-period! Don’t buy into this! This is White Liberal garbage!
@mattgabe474615 күн бұрын
You good = are you ok You good = leave me alone You good = don’t worry You good = You are good
@w..j..260515 күн бұрын
I actually read it with a different tone each time 😂
@hyperx7214 күн бұрын
You good? YOU GOOD?! you good. You good!
@tebo200413 күн бұрын
Lol, i broke it do2n to the ways we would say it by the description..@@w..j..2605
@AD_AP_T13 күн бұрын
Eeeh, limitations of writing. They're really Yew good? Y'Good? Yuh good! Yeh gooood.
@cazdrexler55513 күн бұрын
Nah stop it. That's the best you can come up with? Try ratchet east coast to west coast
@serenarenaeАй бұрын
Also, as a Black woman, it bothers me how much our AAVE / Black English is being termed as “Gen Z Slang” cause no its not. They copied it from us, something we *been* using ☺️
@Alissandre_IskanderАй бұрын
I noticed that so much of what they say now, we used decades ago.
@WaterGates1Ай бұрын
I saw some little Gen Z girls tryna say "Gyat...!" was an acronym for "Girl, yo' ass thick!" And all it did was piss me off. Ay, yo... Check this out, Gen Z... Stay out our shit. Smh.
@ashley.taylor174Ай бұрын
Drag queens have also stolen a lot slang from blacck women and now people say that blacck women copied from the drag queens. 🙄
@valkyrie1464Ай бұрын
Funny.. you act like it's an honor to be responsible for bastardizing the English language and being the original uneducated ones. Young people should by no means copy your culture. Your sad excuse of a culture is the incarnated version of the movie "Idiocracy" being carried out in real life.
@zoyadulzura7490Ай бұрын
That's true about so many aspects of culture in addition to language. The "new, cool" trends in fashion, music, etc. are things that Black people have been doing for a decade or two.
@isaiahjones4292 күн бұрын
I’m a 25 yr old black man from Louisiana and the fact that a white linguist is deciphering the language of me and my friends is really trippy to say the least lol
@LisaSoulLevelHealing10 сағат бұрын
They study us so they can harvest and colonize our culture
@dezbiggs63633 сағат бұрын
Right lol
@brainsanitation15 минут бұрын
Lmfao, been thinking I wanted to make a video myself like this as a black man, but if bro is accurate and has a platform then it’s a start. Does the validity of the subject matter at hand depend on the ethnicity of the speaker?
@Homieonice11 күн бұрын
this is amazing how i’m hearing someone explain and analyze how complex the language I grew up with is
@L7pushmanАй бұрын
Basically we Talk so yall can't understand us. Then we change it when u do.
@DeepestPinkАй бұрын
This is the best answer.
@atomicdog70Ай бұрын
Best answer indeed!
@TacticalGamingFoolАй бұрын
For shizzle
@deb1920Ай бұрын
The long of the short of it 🤣
@JahZilla_incАй бұрын
Chuuuuuch
@kendallwhite7002Ай бұрын
This is really interesting because whenever I hear someone misuse Black English grammar in an incorrect way, it feels the same way as when someone misuses Standard American English. I guess it was just my brain picking up on the grammatical rules of both systems.
@mollygrace3068Ай бұрын
Agreed. A white friend once got frustrated that I wasn’t messaging her back fast enough (I’m guessing), so after like 10 minutes she messaged me “Why won’t you fuck with me!” I was confused. I now believe she was meaning it as a variant of, “I fuck with her,” and she wanted me to interact with her… because she didn’t know that it’s a general mood of being cool with someone and not a specific interaction? It sounds weird even as I type.
@kendallwhite7002Ай бұрын
@@mollygrace3068 This conjured up an image of you confused and typing back “But girl I do”😂
@DanSmith-j8yАй бұрын
This dude should be telling you there's no such thing as Standard American English! At least, that's what he told me - I mean, he's wrong, but still, that's what he said.
@skeletorlikespotatoes7846Ай бұрын
Well black English is a European dialect but @@kendallwhite7002
@mwaurangere4331Ай бұрын
ppl misusing black english fr be sounding like starfire
@astrajohnson365510 күн бұрын
Thank you. Im from Midwest moved to Utah @15... My English teacher had me sit in front of her to write to be sure no one else was writing for me. She said my speaking and writing didn't match. 😂😂😂😂 Little did she know I was getting paid to write at least ¼ the classes essays.
@languagejones678410 күн бұрын
Wow. That's messed up. But at least you got paid lol
@AntoinetteMPetty7 күн бұрын
I'm 66 years old. Hearing you break it down brought a big smile to my face. I'm really looking forward to your book. Thank you for making my day ❤💐🥂🙏🏾
@s.theskeema2050Ай бұрын
And when outsiders catch on, we come up with all new slang and dialects 🤣🤣🤣
@Puzzles32Ай бұрын
Ong 😂😂 💯
@ferdinand8071Ай бұрын
Facts...... When they catch up they are already behind
@mariamyah12Ай бұрын
Its been evolving even faster with social media😂😂😂
@SwearWerdDebrisАй бұрын
Right? Gotta keep the game rollin
@neanamАй бұрын
Lol you sholl kno what to say
@PropheticDreamComicsАй бұрын
One example of two words with multiple meanings are: "You good?" And "Alright now". Soooooooo many meanings !!!
@Akhenaton1906Ай бұрын
And there's the fact that "You good?" and "You good." Can be about as sentimentally opposite as it gets.
@SizondАй бұрын
We can't tell everything Good People🤫..Even though we change it when they learn it we got to chill on giving lessons ✊🏿
@Akhenaton1906Ай бұрын
@@SizondThis is bonding for us. You can't truly speak our language by learning facts on paper so knowing this tidbit means nothing if you're not already connected to the culture. But the funny thing is I feel like some of them already have a sense of what I'm getting at based on the few times I've responded "You good" when they've genuinely said "My bad" after some minor thing happened with no ill intent on their part.
@knowthyself5044Ай бұрын
Just like saying, "That Part."
@BloodLeopard-rm8wgАй бұрын
@@Akhenaton1906 I agree why not give lessons lol they are the ones who are always trying to make us feel bad or stupid about talking naturally, so next time they try that bs that can't say we didn't explain it to them.
@Chrissepisje7 күн бұрын
Not surprised at all. I've traveled the US extensively, and I might argue that black Americans are the inventors, keepers, and curators of those parts of culture, music, and speech I would call the most "authentically American", for lack of a better phrase.
@OsirusIrdiaКүн бұрын
Here's a better phrase for you: "prim-a-tive".
@shlecko23 сағат бұрын
@@OsirusIrdia audacious sideye
@MF-Rell14 сағат бұрын
@@OsirusIrdia How? Where do you think you came from sir?
@OsirusIrdia14 сағат бұрын
@@MF-Rell I did not come from the hood speaking in poor manor. We all came from Africa, and Africans (NOT African Americans) have many languages and dialects that are advanced just like real english.
@therevolutionwillnotbeyoutubed4 күн бұрын
I was so wrong. I thought this dude was going to sound British from the thumbnail.
@PsyfadZ103 күн бұрын
He’s jewish.
@LH-mn3ccАй бұрын
I always thought …. “If it’s so lazy and simple for simple people then why can’t you do it? Why do YOU sound so stupid trying to imitate it… incorrectly?”
@AeimosАй бұрын
Too smart to speak lazy.
@jamessanders6788Ай бұрын
@@Aeimos Lazy is brillant. Why? Removes unnecessary verbiage.
@ChiefMakesАй бұрын
@@jamessanders6788if no one was ever a little bit lazy then I don’t think a lot of inventions would have been invented
@spawel1Ай бұрын
@@Aeimos sick of these people speaking "english" remember when we used to speak PIE like civilized people, distraughting to see how we've fallen
@AeimosАй бұрын
@@jamessanders6788 The extra verbiage is more intelligent and aligns with the grammar inherited from the Indo-European branch and is White.
@bpnation37Ай бұрын
"You coulda been gone there" = you could've traveled to that place long ago. "You been coulda gone there" = you've had access to that place for a long time
@cottagehardcoreultrasw3998Ай бұрын
"Du hättest dahingehen können" "You hadded theregoing can/ "Du hast dahingehen können" "You had theregoing can" somewhat similar structure in german tbh😂 funny how similar the structure is, although you would always add an adverb so the meaning is more clear in german and the meaning isnt transported by the position of the "be", but by the past tense with the conjunctive. so the conjucative with the plusquamperfect says that you could have done something in the past, but now its over (this you also have in latin: "Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses"). And the the other form means you were able to go somewhere for an interval and can probably still do it. (usually used together with "die ganze zeit" "all the time" -> "Du hast die ganze Zeit dahingehen können?" "You could have gone there all the time?") Its interesting how we still have the grammatical structure but we dont really use it to carry much meaning as we nearly always use adverbs. but the meaning is the same without adverbs, its just not as clear. its interesting how much simpler its to use the word position of the "be" to indicate that instead of a very complicated grammatical contruction.
@Gr8PoseidonАй бұрын
“You could have been there” is how we say it. And we hate the white term “Ebonics” 🤣🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
@AnnaP-vw4ywАй бұрын
Bingo
@IeremiasMoore-ElАй бұрын
"been gone"= left a little while ago.."been din gone"= left a long time ago
@machinebeard1639Ай бұрын
@Gr8Poseidon It's a black term, and it's spelled, Ebonyx. You know, like ebony, black?
@marshasims14 күн бұрын
I'm totally interested in this book!!! I'm a black American, and grew up "bilingual" - standard English M-F, and black English with my cousins on the weekends. I attended an HBCU, majored in speech pathology, and studied black English as a hobby. Please let me know when your book is out. I'm going to go and follow you all over social media. Thank you for your work!
@Shestylez19887 күн бұрын
Man!!!! As a black woman I can’t say thank you enough for explaining this to people! It’s so aggravating to see people use black English and call it gen z slang. I’m 39, we been speaking AAVE. Ok??…=and what’s your point Ok!= damn I understand chill Ok I see you, = (compliment) Ok?!= In full agreeance like (amen)
@PewPewShootEmUp2 сағат бұрын
Gyat pisses me off so much. Went from a black man saying gyat dayum to some ass, and now they refer to the ass itself as a "gyat". What the fuck is that!!
@saggilennox9788Ай бұрын
Hahaha this made me realize when we "code switch" it's really a language switch! Soon as 5pm hit the "ebonics" is back 😩
@lisa2729Ай бұрын
Code switching runs much deeper... What you are talking about it's just about being professional at work
@ashley.taylor174Ай бұрын
😂
@williammartinez840Ай бұрын
All the Black professionals agree🤣🤣🤣
@t.m.3769Ай бұрын
It’s more than language switching. But I won’t go into details in front of company.
@Crackhead_HoursАй бұрын
Omg so true lol
@michellebarnes9241Ай бұрын
I was the only AA in my accelerated Teaching program. When I told the professor that my mom made us speak standard English at home and at our Catholic school, but we spoke vernacular outside of the home, he said, so you're bilingual. I was so tickled inside because my classmates were SO uncomfortable. 😂
@variedinterest1Ай бұрын
I wish other people could understand this
@JonZiegler6Ай бұрын
that's not what being bilingual is...I could claim the same thing as I can speak both American and British English. Dialects are not the same as languages. And in case you are wondering, I do speak 2 other languages
@mikhailmokeev6913Ай бұрын
@@JonZiegler6 well, as they say languages are dialects which have the army and the navy.
@JonZiegler6Ай бұрын
@@mikhailmokeev6913 well I speak a language from a country with no navy... That's a nonsense quote
@mikhailmokeev6913Ай бұрын
@@JonZiegler6 well, as of now there are no "countries". forget that. having a global banking system and the system of global information distribution makes the term obsolete. maybe with one exception, which is the country of the ethnicity the author of this qoute belonged. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy
@apoet91449 күн бұрын
I didn’t know I was interested in this type of content until I watched this. I’d love to read that book you’re working on right now, I’ll keep an eye out!
@quillonspain-ck2ky3 күн бұрын
How KZfaq know I was black and recommended me this 🤨
@yami3960Ай бұрын
"I been told you that = I told you that a long time ago, dummy" On point 100% lol Love the "dummy" part cause it adds the frustration we feel for that thing that was told not being recognized/remembered.
@natashaforeman6607Ай бұрын
Soooo true 😂and my face always scrunches up. 😖 Like my aunt always said “duh-ruh” 😏
@funkrates477829 күн бұрын
It’s the same as “I’ve been telling you that.” It just cuts out words. Have to fill in the blanks.
@sadejones665728 күн бұрын
@@funkrates4778I been done told you that means something different from I been telling you that. I been done told you that implies that you are tired from repeating yourself. So listen carefully this time. I been telling you that. Implies that you are glad they finally understand.
@sadejones665728 күн бұрын
@@funkrates4778one is said before the party understands and one is said after the party understands.
@funkrates477828 күн бұрын
@@sadejones6657 okay. Nobody said “I been done told you. “ anyway, it means “I had already told you that.” Either way, that’s what it means.
@janaekelisАй бұрын
this is how i feel explaining caribbean languages to my foreign friends. ebonics is seen as lazy but is vastly complex and diverse, also constantly evolving.
@dfredankeyАй бұрын
Emphasis on constantly evolving I go back to the city and hear new lingo and laugh at how it keeps going I love it
@bernard7057Ай бұрын
@@dfredankey word, I'm Dominican. Just started kicking it with folks who came to the states and found out all my slang been outdated for a whole decade
@dugebuwemboАй бұрын
This 👆🏿 & often labelled with derogatory terms like "Broken English" when they are Creoles that even carry grammatical inflexions from African languages! Nothing can be broken about a language!
@user-qe6ow2sw2iАй бұрын
gotta keep the posers at bay
@KimWest-hv4tvАй бұрын
I don't see why it would need to be explained why a none American would speak broken English..
@petrushka16117 күн бұрын
You just earned a subscriber, my friend. And I will 100% buy that book.
@GankTown8 күн бұрын
“Be” has to be the most misused word when people “try” to use our lingo. They just be all off 😆😆😆
@RobeLifeMusicАй бұрын
As a white guy that played Scrabble with black people, I coulda told you this years ago.
@kittykatz4001Ай бұрын
I am deceased 💀 thinking about you playing scrabble with folks use AAVE! I do speak AAVE, and write some of it on social media in blk spaces, but it never occurred to me that AAVE or Ebonics was showing up in scrabble games! 💀
@blacklily624Ай бұрын
lol 😂
@tiffanydegoyaАй бұрын
🤣 I use to play scrabble with my grandmother, that was her favorite game and she would use words of Louisiana Creole, AAVE and standard English and I _swear_ she would be making up words if she was starting to lose. 😂
@@oneidajames-rebeccu4847 True. Also, it's Robe, not Rob. As in the majestic clothing and sleepwear attire. Hence, "Robe Life" 👘🙌
@PerpetualAbidanceАй бұрын
What I’m learning from this video is that we don’t think Black English be like it is, but it do.
@savvivixen8490Ай бұрын
😂😂 Yes, and lol
@neptunemikeАй бұрын
fo shizzle
@gokidd2242Ай бұрын
And is 😅😅
@victoriagore470Ай бұрын
Your the speak English type
@themanifestorsmindАй бұрын
Facts!
@michalovesanime7 күн бұрын
As someone who is black and descendent of enslaved, but isnt black American , I always appreciate these type of videos. I learned English through media, and since we are black in a white country ( the Netherlands) we always had black American tv on. Black people on Dutch tv was rare, especially not being a stereotype. So I learned AAVE as "basic English". Now that Im older I feel a bit uncomfortable, I have a lot of respect for Black American cultures , back in the day I barely understood race let alone culture ,we were all about black people just taking from eachothers culture and there was an assumption of respect. Thats obviously not always the case. So Ive been retraining myself to speak a more basic English. I LOVE AAVE in all its diversity, and I feel like respect is the way we show real appreciaton. And I have my own connection to black language made during slave times. My family spreaks a Creol made from Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and English, for the same reasons black Americans made their own languages. Its so layered and interesting.
@AdamFontenet-k8j4 сағат бұрын
This is some next level pandering. He even recorded infront of all those books to seem so authoritative lol
@IronArkivistАй бұрын
I appreciate the respectful, non-exploitative approach you took here. And, yes, I want that book.
@rawux22 күн бұрын
non-exploitative? Do you really believe a person of color could write that book with 95% of the publishing industry being white? And news flash many so called black books are written by white or white with black pen name authors. This is exploitative especially since he’s writing a new on the basis of European American reclassification of Indigenous people calling us African when we are not African.
@JeanAvant13 күн бұрын
I want that book too. this is my first time hearing someone speak on black english or language from within black american culture
@skandol86508 күн бұрын
@@JeanAvantif that’s the case you still haven’t. He’s not in the Black American culture, he has experience with it yes but he’s not in it. A lot of what he said was incorrect at that. He gave you a more than normal educated white perspective. 😂
@ZephyrBallardАй бұрын
It's why it's so easy to know when someone is misusing AAVE. It's obvious to native speakers
@concamon1364Ай бұрын
A k-pop star went viral and got dragged for saying "I'm gon' finna" in a song last year It was the most cringe thing I've heard in ages 😬
@yardiebabeАй бұрын
For Koreans not to like black people that much, they stay biting our ish!
@Bre_CreativelyАй бұрын
@@concamon1364 hahahahaa
@tsmc1130Ай бұрын
Yup. Not like us...proceed with caution.
@MindsetolympicsАй бұрын
Kpop stars are supposed to be hiring americans for their lyrics? Yikessss😅 but Koreans make a lot of mistakes in English anyway cause they have such a different native language than us
@firstbaby080712 күн бұрын
Would love to read the book! I recently graduated with my BA in English and my senior honor thesis was on grammar education in the US, or rather the lack thereof. Part of what I examined is how we can utilize Black English in the classroom to help students learn academic English. I also think there is importance in teaching both the history of what we call "standard English" and Black English. I don't think enough emphasis is placed on understand where our language comes from, it can really help in understanding the rules of language. All this to say, I will absolutely buy the book, and add it to my growing collection of books on Black English and linguistic justice.
@IAmJustR15 күн бұрын
I'm fitna blow your mind caught me all the way off guard 😂😂
@w..j..260515 күн бұрын
Lmaoooo
@OVERLORDCNOTEАй бұрын
Black people speak melodically. We bend the language to our personalities and use words differently based on situations and are not limited by the dictionary
@sparklesp9304Ай бұрын
It's based on our original West African sentence structure
@Davo32310Ай бұрын
@@sparklesp9304 Such as?
@justinhayes3476Ай бұрын
@sparklesp9304 no it ain't. That's all black American made.
@Lotus19Ай бұрын
He is probably upset because they CANNOY CONTRY OUR TONGUES! 💆🏾🔥🖤👸🏾🙎🏾♂️🙍🏾
@Danette8206Ай бұрын
Just magical ✨✨✨
@TheSarcMarkАй бұрын
So "tryna" CAN mean "trying to", but you're right that we also use it a lot to mean "want to," "thinking about," "planning on, " etc.
@Very_OkayАй бұрын
i’m not black but grew up speaking Black English w my peers - the example that came to mind is fixing something. “i’m tryna fix this thing” could mean both “in the moment i am attempting to repair it”, and “i have intention down the line to fix the thing”.
@TheSarcMarkАй бұрын
@@Very_Okay That's a good example because saying "I'm not tryna fix that," would definitely sound like "I have no intention of fixing that."
@theinvisiblewoman5709Ай бұрын
@@Very_Okaywhen you make a suggestion to a friend and they respond “I ain’t fixin to do sh*t” and you all burst out laughing is a staple when communicating in black. I grew up hearing that on the west coast with family and neighbors from the south.
@TheSarcMarkАй бұрын
@@theinvisiblewoman5709 😂😂😂 true.
@dmilgate2713Ай бұрын
@@theinvisiblewoman5709 I also know of white speech examples of "fixin' " to do something. It meant more like I'm planning on doing something, either in the near future, or at an indeterminate time. But I don't think I ever heard it in the negative.
@rexmontana4075 сағат бұрын
It always angered me when the media hijacks our lingo then demonizes it like “stay woke”
@tonygivenchy15715 күн бұрын
another example of this nuanced black english is " I done told you not to go there"
@okazayАй бұрын
I didn’t realize how much I used AAVE until I moved to Korea because my non-US friends were constantly asking me what I was saying. I specifically remember telling a friend “She shoulda been done that 🙄” and my friend was like “huh? Is that even English” 🤣 living there definitely made me appreciate our culture and variety of English more
@user-ke7wd3cl9zАй бұрын
I hope you told her she was right. That's not english !
@okazayАй бұрын
@@user-ke7wd3cl9z yeah, as I said it’s AAVE lol
@desleyartАй бұрын
@@user-ke7wd3cl9z it’s not standard English no. It’s a dialect. It’s like you didn’t watch the video.
@kingkrystal6123Ай бұрын
I know it’s off topic but is living in Korea better than America? Are there any pros or cons ?
@kingkrystal6123Ай бұрын
@@user-ke7wd3cl9zdid you not watch the video ????
@olliwest7341Ай бұрын
"They not like us..."
@TONEELLISАй бұрын
underrated comment
@candicehochberg1607Ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@firesign4297Ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💣🎤
@SoulAirАй бұрын
For my white friends: this means 'they not like us' EDIT: im sorry if you still cant read it, youre just white
@rickyhatchet1998Ай бұрын
Good answer good answer... We cut from a different Cloth..
@AnRodzКүн бұрын
validating ignorance to protect the ego is upside down thinking.
@anthonylombardi416820 сағат бұрын
No, it's not complex. Its not standardized. It comes from Irish language. It comes from lack of understanding of standard english. No one thinks black is lazy. This man is backwards.
@AdamFontenet-k8j4 сағат бұрын
I think it's lazy. Most people do too.
@Boy10DioАй бұрын
my high school English teacher gave the class a whole rundown on this too when someone was saying that rappers don't know how to use English. was a good day that day
@Hppyhppy2Ай бұрын
Black English is mostly about being cryptic in order to avoid the law it's complexities are the primary feature. It's not complex because of higher standards it's complex due to a necessity and as soon as a whitey figures out the code it's changed. Black English is overly complex to the point of being useless outside of its own microcosms. Black English isn't good for communicating vital technical information it's mostly good for scoring drugs or getting prostitutes. It's not an engineering language is the language of a criminal. Aye dawg where u at im tryna come tru and take a flight. White translation I'm trying to come over so I can drugs with you and get High
@Bre_CreativelyАй бұрын
Your English teacher had a passion for language and teaching. Good on them!
@TrePrinceАй бұрын
Most of them don't, tho
@rosannarichardson7951Ай бұрын
Shake it like you tryna get paid Make that ass clap Work it like you tryna get a raise Make that ass clap Them niggas throwin' ones we throwin' hundreds Make that ass clap Came in the club straight stuntin' Make that ass clap We don't stand around we make it rain Make that ass clap Bitch this ain't no check, this Just some change Make that ass clap Baby you the baddest of them all Make that ass clap Somebody give her a round of applause Make that ass clap
@BuckleBunnyАй бұрын
@@TrePrince you’re literally are not listening to this video.
@786davidjones27 күн бұрын
This video was food for my soul. As a black American in STEM, from college through 15 years in the private sector, I have seen bright and capable young men and women be looked on as "slow" for not being able to express themselves a narrower band of English "code-switching". thank you for the work that you do and I am looking forward to your book.
@ozzymandias734614 күн бұрын
Code-switching is literally a part of life for EVERYONE in the US under 50. We do it with our kids, our communities, our professions etc. It's not a bad thing as it forces our brains to constantly reevaluate a situation and come up with the most appropriate response. Anyone who doesn't "code-switch" has by nature a very insular life.
@Leispada14 күн бұрын
not able to express themselves in a narrower band 😂😂 massive cope
@NEatopMtHyjal11 күн бұрын
Attempting to teach everyone how to speak the language in a way (the "correct" way) in which we can understand each other (regardless of where we grew up) is only logical. Remember, English isn't only an American language, it's spoken throughout the world. There are many ways to speak English and they are all understandable if you learn them. Local dialects are not only officially incorrect (and sometimes less clear or less efficient), their differences from mainstream English are useless or counterproductive if you are trying to communicate with someone outside of your local group.
@naijaplayer7 күн бұрын
@@Leispada what is your position / argument on this? You said cope but didn't give reasons why
@naijaplayer7 күн бұрын
To OP: I'm a Black Nigerian American (born here in the US with Nigerian immigrant parents) in computer science and math, tho I've only been in my working career for just over 5 years so you have about 10 years on me. That's awesome to hear from your perspective!! I'm heavily involved in orgs like NSBE and have an idea of that you're talking about, a lot of very smart young people who maybe just haven't had as much exposure to the corporate / professional world and just need some guidance on how to navigate it. Keep doing your thing! What field of STEM are you in?
@OneJazzyBel3 күн бұрын
You could’ve been gone there: you knew you could have gone there but you didn’t. (A student that refuses to go to teachers office hours and making an excuse) You been could’ve gone there: You didn’t know you could have gone there but now you do! (A student that did not know the teacher had office hours)
@terrencealford460423 сағат бұрын
Thanks for this. An amazing segment and definitely looking forward to reading your new book Language Jones.
@MIAFL1Ай бұрын
As a black man with two college degrees and a grandmother who was a school teacher, I was able to master both, the “King’s English” and “Ebonics”. My favorite term in AAL is “iight now” or “alright now”. Can be used as a warning, a congratulatory praise and a couple other different interpretations. To understand which one is being used requires context of the situation at hand. Those of us who have the ability to use both traditionally use one or the other depending on the environment, hence the term “code switching”.
@carltonwalton9819Ай бұрын
Stop giving away secrets! LOL Context, Tone and even age can determine what some words "saying" mean. Truly, has cultural and generational significance. No 🧢
@nonyobisniss7928Ай бұрын
"Alright now" is standard English and has multiple meanings based on intonation and context as well.
@ODaddySavageАй бұрын
I remember when you did not talk if front of company. ❤
@BloodLeopard-rm8wgАй бұрын
lol You are so right I'm 22 and use "Yah Hurd meh" and "alright now" the second one can also be used as a greeting or to show that you are listening or agreeing with something.
@BloodLeopard-rm8wgАй бұрын
@@nonyobisniss7928 Yes the two words Alright and Now are english but how blacks use it is different.
@krysisstorm2703Ай бұрын
As a 40+ Black man born in MS and raised in MI and have lived in IL, GA, TX, and currently CA, this right up my alley! "You coulda been gon dere" indicates what you probably should have already done, while "You been coulda gon dere" indicates the ability to go that spot has been present for a long time and isn't necessarily present now! One is a statement of what was expected but not achieved, the other is a question about why it wasn't!
@braesviews777Ай бұрын
With sarcasm on the side 😂. Glad to read it's read the same as I heard it.
@lrgreen1009Ай бұрын
Exactly!
@d_classified6433Ай бұрын
And this is a base level example. Because depending on our mood, how we say it or given the situation when we say it; the phrase, question or statement can take on a whole other meaning. And this is what most outsiders don't understand...! 😂😂 It's like we have a code within a code within an code.
@BLACKWomeninMUSICFestivalАй бұрын
@@d_classified6433🌹
@noble604Ай бұрын
A lot of communication with us is all about tone and inflection and you know what’s meant based on our collective experience, like Keke giving her one word “Rose” as the clue for “Titanic.” 😁😶
@boogaethje3 күн бұрын
Incidentally ; Cockney accents in England do the exact same thing.
@LAK_7705 сағат бұрын
“Coulda been gone there” means that you had the ability to go there, but didn’t, and that ability is no longer certain to the speaker “Been coulda gone there” means you have always had the ability to go there, and implies you still have this ability. This my best guess - it’s hard to put into words what I *feel* to be an intuitive understanding here, as a white boy with only passing fluency
@dranardofficialАй бұрын
Ngl. He cooking when he said they be sounding like “todays weather be like sunshine” 😂
@SadhviJennАй бұрын
It’s so wrong it like deep now. Heh
@noble604Ай бұрын
Last year I don’t know if you remember the news that a local meteorologist said “Fo shìzzle my ńìzzle” live on the air. She was responding to her colleague and she got fìred
@SulminatiBossАй бұрын
No he wasn’t nobody even say it like that no more 🤦🏽🤷🏽🤣😭💀
@user-ze2ok2cw2xАй бұрын
i have never heard anyone say it like that lmbo
@WhiteLeafMusicCoАй бұрын
I had an immediate blank stare lmao but im also some people here even by this point may be like 'it sounds fine to me' haha
@emmitthenry8226Ай бұрын
Nooo, you’re leaking our secrets.
@sashabladesАй бұрын
I laughed too hard at this 🤣
@kofoblue3172Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@sharonjoe233Ай бұрын
Pu'in all our biz'nes on front street. But it's all good
@nicandcarlaАй бұрын
😅😂😂
@KimWest-hv4tvАй бұрын
This ain't even no secret... I'm sick of people correcting me when I type.
@MICHA3L2162 күн бұрын
An example of a use of the Habitual “be” that I really love was on American Boy by Estelle and Kanye West where Kanye said “Dress smart like a London bloke, before he speak his suit bespoke”, meaning in both a literal sense that his clothes are tailor-made, but also his clothes speak for him, you know it’s luxurious without him having to say anything.
@LeninDuboisКүн бұрын
There is literally no such thing as black English or talking black etc .
@badboygoodgirlАй бұрын
My favorite AAVE saying is still “Say less,” because we say a LOT more with a LOT less and we mean it LOL
@carlostheboss3285Ай бұрын
It basically means.."I gotcha, no need to further explain"
@theothesirАй бұрын
It's the hood version of "As long as we tracking.."
@CHASIN_A_BASSАй бұрын
In the country we say " say no mo"😂
@3zyonАй бұрын
@@CHASIN_A_BASS”say no mo” and “say less” are actually different 😅 The former is an agreement with the words previously spoken. While the later is an acknowledgement of understanding the context of a situation without further explanation, usually it indicates advice is to follow. I.e “say less, so watchu gon do about it”
@CHASIN_A_BASSАй бұрын
@@3zyon actually around here they mean the same exact thing. And are used interchangeably.
@gasstation3561Ай бұрын
I used your dissertation in my Undergraduate thesis and now i'm getting my PhD in Linguistics at University of Michigan! THANK YOU SO MUCH and I'm glad to see sociolingusitic content on youtube dispelling the many myths surrounding African American Language. Your work is very appreciated!!
@crc1043Ай бұрын
go blue! engineering undergrad here :)
@KrysBrown89Ай бұрын
Congratulations!!!
@thaloblueАй бұрын
Congratulations!!
@msbperkieАй бұрын
GO BLUE!!!💙 Psych!!!
@TheNittyGritty735Ай бұрын
Congratulations!!!
@mrsamirfКүн бұрын
“You can’t win, you can’t break even, and you can’t get outta the game” very eloquently summarizes the Laws of Thermodynamics.
@ungaghllalek636112 күн бұрын
Thank you, very informative. I’m looking forward to your book. Happy writing!
@scv1Ай бұрын
man, you killed this! you clarified things in our dialect that i knew instinctually but never considered trying to explain. your handle on tenses is ridiculous, i heard there's 36 tenses or something like that, i might speak them all but couldn't label more than like 4. lol. first, i smiled every time you said a sentence in this dialect and it flowed outcha mouf like u been speakin this. the respect feels good.
@languagejones6784Ай бұрын
I appreciate you! I came up in communities that speak this language. It definitely stands out when people fake it.
@bimirabu25 күн бұрын
Right, he slid that in and I had to be like, heyyyy, wait a minute 🧐
@sanaratisby237221 күн бұрын
Same I agree🤣😭 I was smiling the whole video it made me appreciate our dialect a loooot more. 😮💨‼️
@AllCityWorld17 күн бұрын
Solid approach.! Looking forward to your book
@lolone966314 күн бұрын
And you think that this is good? That’s wazzup🤨
@cameronpottle540915 сағат бұрын
Learning to talk this way has actually been something I’ve wanted to pull off for a while and that’s been especially amplified now knowing that in many ways it is a much better put together language than actual English is
@extracrispy92299 күн бұрын
Been over a month but I felt like I should leave this comment anyway; definitely drop that book! I’m black and in college studying for my anthropology degree I love languages (even though I’m trying to become a cultural anthropologist not a linguistic one sorry) and it’s so hard to find anyone talking about this stuff. It was super interesting to hear you break down some of the rules that to me are simply instinctually understood; I’m going to give your other videos a watch keep up the great work man.
@Pitchman14Ай бұрын
I would be super interested in a book about Black English’s impact on Standard American English. Too many people have this stuffy idea that language is some pure, unchanging, God-given thing that is either right or wrong, and more people need to understand that different dialects or forms of communication are not only perfectly valid, but often influence each other
@languagejones6784Ай бұрын
Thanks! Another issue I see a lot is the treatment of AAE like it’s some qualitatively different thing. It’s a language variety, and we do a tremendous disservice by pretending it’s not a linguistically normal variety that is unique in the ways that all language varieties are
@DanSmith-j8yАй бұрын
@@languagejones6784 It's inferior, less precise, imperfectly learned and imperfectly used English. Try as you might, you can never make your case. You're just that type of white person. What you're doing is actually racist, but you think it's the opposite of racist.
@DanSmith-j8yАй бұрын
@@languagejones6784 It's of no value. It's funny how a certain type of white person, well-meaning, maybe, wants to elevate imperfectly learned English. Similar to Singlish, where I can't imagine an American or European learning imperfect Mandarin and mixing it with English because learning the real language is just too hard.
@DanSmith-j8yАй бұрын
@@languagejones6784 Shouldn't a black linguist write this book? Whitey knows better, I guess.
@LusyPicker-sm6suАй бұрын
A study conducted at King's College London determined that over the last 100 years, African Americans are responsible for expanding the English language more than any other group. The group that has done the most damage to English? Conservative White Americans. Mostly by appropriating words and changing or distorting their accepted meaning, but also by gaslighting and declaring words they couldn't manipulate to their advantage invalid and/or stigmatizing their usage.
@jamedraa8472Ай бұрын
"It's totally possible to get Black English wrong..." Absolutely!! Tell tale sign of a troll!
@FTWLtubeАй бұрын
Facts! The Twitter racists do this when they’re trying to mock Black Americans.
@tandyrichae6194Ай бұрын
Yessss
@indirastone7382Ай бұрын
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@noble604Ай бұрын
I used to frequent a Błack website FULL of impostors pretending to be Błack. 😞 It was so obvious. They sounded so ridiculous and their reactions to things that happened in the news were clearly off. RealBłack people didn’t care about half the stuff they were responding to. It was so so ridiculous 🥴
@noble604Ай бұрын
And their responses to things. We know how Błack people generally tend to think. They start off their statement with “As a Błack person, I think.... ...” and here we go with the lies.😂😂 “As a Błack person I say everyone should be arrested for parking next to a fire hydrant so we can clean up our communities.” 🤔🙄arrested? chile please. Trust and believe NOBODY Błack thinks that 🙄🙄....with as long as we’ve been dealing with excessive polîcïng, please know we see you, “Błack person.”
@mrsamirf19 сағат бұрын
You could been gone means you running late You been coulda gone means it’s too late
@viaherbs8055Күн бұрын
I am def here for the book. Love your analysis and breakdown of our language … brilliant 👏🏾
@Vivo119-jf4ppАй бұрын
Black English sounds like a tea
@LaggingGamesАй бұрын
so true
@righteouslioncomedian1069Ай бұрын
Or a person.
@righteouslioncomedian1069Ай бұрын
Lol.
@slavsquatsuperstarАй бұрын
Earl Grey’s lesser known cousin
@marikothecheetah9342Ай бұрын
English dialect of African Americans is pretty long. :D One of people called it in my native language: African Americans' dialect and I like it.
@spacecowboybebop3853Ай бұрын
I wrote a Hip Hopera back in 1995. When asked what language it was performed in, I told folk Black English ⚫️ aka Ebonics. 🙏🏿
@marikothecheetah9342Ай бұрын
Ah, 90s were good times for hip hop and rap.
@reggieb.76312 күн бұрын
This is a dope conversation. Hope to come across the book when it releases.
@peggydadaille880112 күн бұрын
I'm most interested in your book. Thank you for this - it clarified a lot and even helped me with something that came up at work.
@Foxyj310Ай бұрын
As a Black woman who knows how to speak both, I loved your explanation and would love to read your book!!!
@PHlopheАй бұрын
Read, Sonja Lanehart's book FIRST . she is the source .
@samrushing6283Ай бұрын
Thank you sir, i been telling these people my english is fine.
@GankTown8 күн бұрын
Nobody: Triggered people in KZfaq comments: “SPEAK ENGLISH!!!! “Finna” isn’t even a WORRDDD!!!!”
@TwistedLullabies8 күн бұрын
We're not in 2018 anymore
@RIPxBlackHawk2 күн бұрын
Gen Z and internet culture is appreciating the hell out of it though. Kids getting their parents to say things that just feels strange to hear out of their mouth and they clearly dont realize what they are saying. It all started with pushing P and got a lot worse since.
@darlingthompson7698Ай бұрын
I’m so happy to have found this. As a Black woman who grew up in predominantly white neighborhoods and spaces, it’s difficult to explain all this to folks and their weird uncles at family gatherings. I definitely need the book!!
@tibowmewАй бұрын
Same! I understand Black English, but don't really speak it since I grew up in mostly white areas too, and my parents are African, so we didn't use it at home. I'd love to read this book and learn more about it.
@ogyng9340Ай бұрын
Tone plays a big part in it too lots of people think we are angry but we simply express ourselves differently
@mozuccАй бұрын
exactly, we’re not angry we’re passionate!
@arkoarko9559Ай бұрын
Idk bruv, Ice Cube always looks angry, no matter what he says
@ajm935Ай бұрын
@@arkoarko9559that man is a teddy bear. He just has heavy rbf... 😂
@arkoarko9559Ай бұрын
@@ajm935 that I Agree
@EduOrta142536Ай бұрын
It’s cause people yell when they speak (obviously not everyone, but in general they speak louder). I see why it can be bothering to others. It can feel like the person talking doesn’t care or is not thinking about the people around by talking loud and making their presence felt by everyone, even if they don’t mean to portray this. So this over comfortableness makes other people uncomfortable. Same thing when a junky starts talking loud or yelling in the street. It’s uncomfortable unless you are used to it. People around get intimidated even though you’re just being “over expressive”. If somebody sees a person who is very expressive, one assumes that any emotion can burst at any time, being unpredictable, which is what people don’t like. We northern Mexicans go through the same because our accent it’s also loud and rough so people think we are angry all the time.
@sobnsol15 сағат бұрын
The grammar aint grammaring, the math aint mathing!
@sab61662 күн бұрын
Thank you for your coverage and your educated prospective! I am interested in the book you mentioned earlier.
@dogsandyoga1743Ай бұрын
I'm black, but my Mother was a high school English teacher at a continuation school. Naturally, I was corrected 24 hours a day when I attempted to bring the language me and my friends used into our home 😂 I was always aware of the latest slang, and able to "code-switch" to some degree, I was definitely one of those black kids who "talked white" Iykyk 😂 What's wild is, my 19 year old son doesn't code switch at all. He is his 100% authentic self, even around other black people. He doesn't adopt a more "black" manner of speech to better fit in. Which is fine. I'm proud that he in confident in who he is. Anyway, great video. I subbed and look forward to more...
@dadegixxerАй бұрын
It’s funny when people say, “talk white”. When it’s just proper English. We dumb ourselves down by claiming proper is white, when anyone can speak properly
@kokorosyumeАй бұрын
@@dadegixxer”dumb ourselves down” no… standard English does not equal “smarter”, lol did you watch the video?
@lindinleАй бұрын
It not supposed to be to show how smart you are jackhole, its so your understood!!! If you can't talk properly i will assume its due to some sort of defect on your end. If you dont want to be "disrespected" then communicate properly.
@terrencebuckerАй бұрын
@@dadegixxer But why SHOULD anyone want to speak like a public school teacher, or a newscaster, or what have you. That way of speaking isn't "proper" in any deep sense, it's merely what has been deemed proper (due to complicated historical-especially cultural, economic, and racial-reasons) by the group in power at some specific point in time. And it is NOT easy to speak that way naturally, because the whole point of declaring a specific way of speaking "proper" (which happens in part without conscious design) is to use it to erect social and economic barriers, to mark out those who can't master the dialect's subtleties the way the in-group can.
@dogsandyoga1743Ай бұрын
@@dadegixxer Right. But as MOST black kids will already know, "talking white" was a real thing growing up. I'm 47...so I have no idea what language js doing these days. I imagine most kids are talking "tiktok" now haha... But, at least in the 1970s and 80s...you definitely got that label thrown your way if you spoke "proper" english.
@karl2624Ай бұрын
Racism and anti-blackness has placed a perpetual blinder on everyone's perspective on AAs. We are incredibly innovative and creative people, but the blinders are so strong that everything we do is downplayed or diminished by the entire world.
@noble604Ай бұрын
Downplayed and diminished by the entire world yet imitated by the entire .... and I do mean entire world. Everything we do has made the entire world wealthy. Kids in [name a country{ have never even seen a Błack American in person yet are raking in millions imitating them. But continue downplaying and diminishing ...
@SulminatiBossАй бұрын
Basically Culture Vultures
@scj3188Ай бұрын
Exactly. Thats the gag.
@noble604Ай бұрын
SulminatiBoss - it’s because language is the easiest and most no-cost way to steal from a culture. Anybody can start speaking another way today. It’s not like basketball where they want to do what Błack players do on the court. Those players literally changed the game and they want to do it but they can’t. They don’t have the moves, rhythm, speed, agility or strength. Can’t see the court. Or music. They can’t just start improvising and playing by ear or dance the same or sing the same. That all requires talent to steal and duplicate. But language? Language is up for grabs. Just steal and say, and it’s “yours.” This is where we are
@SulminatiBossАй бұрын
@@noble604 our language was never up for grabs, stealing like usual and putting your face on it, we don’t want or need ppl validation, you only saying that because you think it’s beneficial for you like usual but it don’t work like that
@mcclendonreportКүн бұрын
This is an ingenious post, languagejones! An epiphany hit me regarding the language of music: Hendrix was the language of Black music, while Eric Clapton sought to understand and copy it. Jimi Hendrix was the genuine article, he learned the Black music language from the musicians at the source (he played with Little Richard, The Isley Brothers and other great Foundational Black American musicians). Clapton listened to records and copied the style and showed it off to those who didn’t know the source, and came off as some sort of genius. But the real cats knew better.
@TheDbduece6 күн бұрын
The less it's talked about, the more stable it is.......
@RedmoneyusaАй бұрын
As a black dude, I’ve really come to appreciate one thing about America. That’s bringing us all together. Didn’t care as a child, but as an adult now, I love being around white, Asian, Latino & other black folks etc. always something to learn.
@lexxlucreАй бұрын
that's not unique to America, broski. Most major ports all over the world had multiple groups of differing ethnicities. But I share in your particular "glimmer" (opposite of "trigger") when it comes to being around a variety of people. But I love being around MY people most.. it's lit.
@lambousginiguccigod2007Ай бұрын
@@lexxlucreAmerica is obviously on a completely different level though when comes to ethnicity’s, growth and coming together. Life quite literally wouldn’t be the same if we never did. It doesn’t get better then having unity in one of the most united countries on earth. Those are *my* people
@ArtistUnknownOfficialАй бұрын
@lexxlucre Except America was founded on the idea that we could all come together as different people to create a better world. To me that is a beautiful goal
@nickjones5495Ай бұрын
@@ArtistUnknownOfficial idk if it was "founded" on it
@sweett8725Ай бұрын
🙄
@concamon1364Ай бұрын
It feels so weird to hear the standard way I talk broken down like this 😅 .... I don't think about anything that I or other black Americans say, I just understand it depending on tone and context. At this point, I don't really notice when I "code switch" either until I've already finished talking with whoever it is that I switched for. I accidentally said "what you finna do after " to a white friend at work and he was lost, so I cleaned it up by asking if he had plans lol
@carltonwalton9819Ай бұрын
Love Finna!
@vbradfor78Ай бұрын
😂😂
@zarahbelle3627Ай бұрын
Facts!! I kept having to pause and think when he would say "this doesn't mean this, it means that," because I'm like, it literally means that, but it also can be used to mean the other thing he said. However, as a black person you would just know that based upon the use of "mood" as he called it so I never really had to think about it intellectually, not to mention he wasn't saying it with the right intonation/mood. Had me shook for a sec, like do I really not understand what I think I know? Lmao!
@so.many.obstaclesАй бұрын
A white friend of mine heard a BW say, “I went off on him.” She asked me what that meant and I told her. The next week she told me that she, “went off” on her husband. I laughed on the inside 😂
@noirmative9293Ай бұрын
they study us like lab rats tryna recreate the formula. Chile....good luck.
@AstroSandee2 күн бұрын
I am absolutely interested in your book. Personally, the more information the better, but especially as much depth and example of the active erasure as possible. Thank you.
@officialtmpwavesmedia87536 күн бұрын
Honestly, the impact that Black Americans have had on the English language is remarkable. From literature to film to music and more, we have taken a language that was not originally ours and infused it with life. Our influence has been so powerful that many people now associate English more with us than with the British.
@shakimbush8827Ай бұрын
I didn’t realize how much people who don’t speak it really don’t understand it. It shows how little they’ve exposed themselves to the culture, how much separation there has been between the two worlds.
@kdub6593Ай бұрын
The origin of "Black Language," counter to your beliefs, is very well known. The language is the language of the Cracker/Redneck culture brought to the US South. The Crackers/Rednecks emigrated to the US South from the Scottish Highlands and the far northern reaches of the UK. It was never a pidgin and is not a creole. It is the continuation of the emigrated peoples language. Black Culture in the US is Cracker/Redneck culture. You are obviously a professor, not a doctor, and are not in anyways close to an expert on the subject of the video. The video's substance is completely created by you and contains zero truths. You're a sad phony.
@crownprince6599Ай бұрын
I didnt realize it either! Wow!
@Ubiquitous0100Ай бұрын
Or it could be that Black people code switch around unfamiliar Whites.
@ReapingTheHarvestАй бұрын
It's always been easy for me to understand, but for my boomer dad you have to speak very slow and in a certain way or else he won't understand.
@NotASummonerАй бұрын
It's a bit like if a Brit spoke to you casually, you're gonna struggle with understanding some things.
@TheRealRayMillsTooАй бұрын
I remember my little brother called this white girl “cold”. He thought she was fine. She was so confused when we told her that. She was like, “he said I’m cold because he thinks I’m hot?” Always cracked me up.
@chriswilliams868Ай бұрын
Nooo I’m dead 😂
@amethyste684Ай бұрын
someone calling u cold is a top tier compliment. 🥶 but ngl i forget some english speakers can’t understand aave😭
@andyarken7906Ай бұрын
Wait, is being cold being very cool? You are making sense and I don't like it.
@Penelope416Ай бұрын
Sure. To say "cold" means someone or something is very cool, or awesome. It could mean something really good or amazing. It could mean top tier. @@andyarken7906
@VintageAndersonMusicАй бұрын
Y’all from the Midwest 🤔
@RichlandFord16 күн бұрын
I coulda been left after reading one comment. How did I get stuck reading comments… I been coulda left! 😂
@getdadoe51359 сағат бұрын
Context and tones are what humans communicate with mostly, words are just a fine tune
@olaoluloko7799Ай бұрын
As an African, I'm ever so proud of the beauty I perceive whenever I hear black english
@salivatinggreed4219Ай бұрын
Dr. Jones used that "finna" so smoothly, I ain't even notice it!
@KayBeOnlineАй бұрын
I caught it 2 seconds later and said, "aight... touché, sir 😏"
@monopolizedopamineАй бұрын
I was confused for a hot sec then it clicked. 😂😂😂
@bradentheman1373Ай бұрын
timestamp?
@th1rtyf0ur18 күн бұрын
@@bradentheman1373 it's right before the title logo, at 1:08
@spicypeachdev17 күн бұрын
real talk! it was only after he "corrected" himself that I was like... _damn_
@mhpart68Күн бұрын
I used to teach a college class on American popular music and its (almost entirely) African origins. I used an array of evidence that was contextual as well as research by respected folklorists to argue that African music, language, customs, and culture (dance, art, ritual) exerted a mostly invisible influence on every aspect of American popular music from the late nineteenth century to present. Students, in predominantly white classes, were often shocked to understand that their favorite artists, also white, were performing music that was rooted entirely in Black American culture and had only a modicum of European influence, and often, especially prior to the current century, without any acknowledgement whatsoever to the African influence that was the foundation. I am looking forward to your book and I imagine there is a fairly broad audience. Many people have become more aware of and and have developed an interest in how Black America shaped the broader American culture.
@BacchusLumenАй бұрын
I grew up around folks who spoke Black English (at the time popularly called Ebonics). It was pretty obvious to me from a young age that the people who called it "bad English" were just showing their ignorance. I'm glad you're tackling this issue. Relatedly, one thing I noticed while studying Latin is that there are actually grammatical constructions in Black English that are doing the same thing that classical highly educated Latin authors were doing, but contemporary Americans were acting like it was unsophisticated. Sigh.
@languagejones6784Ай бұрын
@@BacchusLumen the thing that really blows my mind is when Black folks started naming their kids things like Marcus it just tainted the name for white Americans. The mainstream really hates black folks more than it likes classical antiquity
@quicksilvertaintАй бұрын
what kind of grammatical constructions? I've never studied latin, so I'd be interested in what examples might be :o
@DanSmith-j8yАй бұрын
You're full of shit. English had Latin grammar grafted on to it. "Black English" might, through the inability to learn this more awkward grammar, might be accidentally using an earlier form of English grammar - but it couldn't possibly be anything like Latin.
@BacchusLumenАй бұрын
@@quicksilvertaint An example would be omitting the "to be" verb. For example, it's common to hear something in Black English like, "He crazy!" In Latin this was also common. "Ille insanus est!" would roughly translate to, "He is crazy!" in English. But if you were a native speaker of Latin, even if you were writing for a very sophisticated audience, it would be very common to say, "Ille insanus!" and just omit the "is" from the sentence. Which translates roughly as, "He crazy!" in English.
@BacchusLumenАй бұрын
@@languagejones6784 , I agree with that wholeheartedly, and it's such a common example that it makes the point nicely. Relatedly, there are so many great classical names like Cesar or Marco or Julio or Aurelio that were also more common among my Latino classmates and friends growing up. It seems like there's a small resurgence of classical names among people who see themselves as counter-cultural right now, but it's hard to know if that will grow. Hopefully someday Μάρκος/Marcus will be mainstream again.
@temperancetaylor9244Ай бұрын
As a Black woman, I been knew this. I stoopped code switching like 5 year ago, having the privilege of owning my own business that is specific to me being and speaking as naturally as I possibly can or want to. However, I am interested in seeing the book you spoke of and would love to know when it is published.
@HeySojoАй бұрын
Me too!!!
@BZ4MENTАй бұрын
I feel u code switchin is annoying it happens automatically for me im trynna stop it especially workin in the office and being basically the only black person there
@IslandpickiniАй бұрын
Code switching: I hate this new term. We all read our audiences. How I speak among my parents is different from friends, teachers, boss, CEO, cousins. People who grow up with families from multiple groups will speak differently to fit within because this is natural and we have been doing this before code switching is now so talked about.
@lovingme1st9734 күн бұрын
We been up on this.
@luckyxxxxk3 күн бұрын
I think code switching has a negative connotation when in reality it’s not. We do it on a daily unintentional. Even when speaking to other blk ppl you code switch to better understand each other. (Ex: blk person from the suburbs speaking to a blk person from the city. Or an AA speaking to a Caribbean persons.) you code switch when you speak to cashier and the list goes on. It’s not a bad thing it’s just more associated with blk ppl entering work space that are majority white. Code switching is just a form of communication for the other party to understand you better. Imo you’re not changing who you are to fit into a space (unless that’s what ppl usually do but I’m not one of them) you’re just switching for better understanding of a conversation. Bc as a Caribbean girl raised in the suburbs, went to a majority white school, and was in majority AA spaces outside of school your girl code switches all the time! I cnt speak to my AA friends like I speak to my family bc they wouldn’t understand. Same when I went to school etc. Which imo puts in an advantage in some cases because I’ve noticed just like how white ppl cnt understand AAVE, black ppl cnt understand the undertones what white ppl mean when they say or do certain things. I had to explain to a friend of mine the other day. So it’s okay to code switch, you learn a lot from the different spaces you’re in. It’s like knowing several languages! When you change your view abt code switching you’ll realize it’s not a negative thing. Just always be yourself and you won’t feel some type of way abt it ❤
@JulienGordon3 күн бұрын
Stumbled across your content. Very clear and concise. Subscribed. I’ve got one suggestion, you know that text you flash on the screen? Sometimes it’s too short and if we try to pause the video, the KZfaq suggestions and progress bar covers it. Possibly move it to top of the screen? Thanks
@jameswashington44932 күн бұрын
Doctor, I am Black (African American born) and I have ALWAYS thought the though Black English seems to be broken and unintelligent as some would call it, I have always thought it was rather Brilliant of the slaves to create a language all to their own that caused them to be able to communicate many truths and great wisdom about life and living in this white dominated world that helped them navigate through their captive existence. Black English helps get to the truth or cut to the chase with just one word or a few words to help one understand things they didn't understand before. Thank you for this commentary. It is highly necessary. Thank you for your contribution to this overlooked issue.
@GotdayumGamingАй бұрын
So, Black dude here and I can say you know ya shyt. At first, I thought this was gonna be lame, but it turnt out to be informative. If there was a book coming...I would probably be, some what interested in getting a peek at it. Cool vid btw! Big ups to you taking a deep dive and trying to explain it to others, and soon as they start to understand a little...we most likely switch it up again!😅
@johnsonaak719226 күн бұрын
Me too I thought white guy bout to to be on bs but I’m glad I watched ❤
@SwiftReade23 күн бұрын
Agreed. Though I do think he got one or two things wrong, overall his observation and interpretation were very well explained.
@brandonnhunxho677222 күн бұрын
Isnt it really the same thing. No matter when they did it. They still did it. “Been came out” for black people is also 3 days ago not a long time like a year ago .. people are just on different times and im black
@Rebecca2343417 күн бұрын
He's very observant true...I would even say too observant 👀🤔 We're always under a microscope and I don't like it. What's understood don't need to be explained.
@brandonnhunxho677217 күн бұрын
@@Rebecca23434 idk i think this applies to every “broken language” being English isn’t our native language.. 80% of communication is non verbal so ignorance go the properness of that language means most words actually have a non verbal side to it. Less past tense words and more action words. Saying “ i been done that” isnt more effective than saying “ i already did it” because theres no room for confusion or double meanings. But cool video
@lawreecefluellen4872Ай бұрын
This was such a cool video. As a black man, I wasn’t expecting the objective but respectfully analytical approach you took. Very refreshing. Subbed
@avlordy4 күн бұрын
Amazing video! Patiently waiting on the book!
@SuchFinessseКүн бұрын
I work in a client facing business where I speak to people of all backgrounds and walks of life, daily, and at length. I constantly find myself defending this way of speaking to those that simply do not understand. Often times it’s through listening to hip hop and explaining the meaning/depth/intricacies of the colloquialisms being used. It’s fascinating to convert people from one line of thinking to another
@OnlyLokimobileАй бұрын
"You coulda been gone there". Means you had the opportunity to go in the past and you were arware of it. Generally used in response to missing an opportunity, like you wanted to buy something but now its sold out. "You been coulda gone there" is letting someone know they had access to the location but wasn't aware. Like someone waiting for permission they didn't need.
@treezytrey88Ай бұрын
this lmao i tried to say this
@sashaminx75Ай бұрын
yaaas!!!! The 1st is a scold frfr. Ty
@adristapesАй бұрын
Yess! This is hilarious 😂
@lamontdurr1682Ай бұрын
Yup! First phrase is opportunity missed! Second phrase usually means the opportunity still exists!