"the ironing is delicious."

[annetangent]

dystopiate makes an incomprehensible post in grammar_whores accusing black people "of varrying complexions" of having bad grammar "on purpose."

Is being black an excuse for terrible grammar? They do it on purpose. I mean, i to sound racist; that's not what i mean. I'm not against slang, by any means. Which particular words, phrases, even pronunciations on chooses to use

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[ex_thexphial147]

This can't be helping with the whole "killing people because I am suffering from pregnancy horomones" thing.

[ex_thexphial147]

I disunderstand. Someperson help mes with grammar rant, plese?

[ex_thexphial147]

Yep! I love Greebo with an unholy adoration. Your icon is hilarious.

[blasphemusfish]

dEM Stoopisd blackies!

[fumbled_dreams]

beat me by a few minutes! i personally enjoy "they do be purple". i'm going to use that more often.

[langostino]

It doesn't mean the same thing as "they are purple".

[fumbled_dreams]

i'm sure it doesn't, which makes it all the more hilarious to use in regular conversation. i doubt anything the op wrote can be considered factual. ;)

[rachellynne]

I've never noticed people saying "do be" in place of "are" before.. but I think it sounds fun and I think I'm going to integrate the substitution into my daily language.

[xchristinax]

Gah. I don't know what the goddamned politically correct term is, but Black English/African American Vernacular English/whatever is grammatically consistent and is, GET THIS, a dialect the same way Southern English is a dialect.

[glitterglass]

I hate to point this out, but there's a difference between an accent and a whole new form of the language (i.e. Boston accent or Pidgin English). I'd consider "Southern English," which I take you to mean the USA's South, "y'all," and the twang associated, to be a form of English that can be understood clearly by the majority of English speakers because the words are not variants, just the pronunciation.

"Black English," or whatever you'd like to call it, is becoming it's own separate language, changing not only the word sounds but also the actual word meanings and subject-verb agreements.

grammatically consistent is not the same as grammatically correct. these people may be using bad grammar, but they all understand each other and it is consistent, so eventually, it will become correct usage.

feel free to pick me apart here.

[glitterglass]

is becoming its own separate language