You can't.
Exactly.
it is with some amusement i monitor the shenanigans currently on display in this otherwise intellectual community. please excuse me if i am unable to participate; my interests tend to sail above such juvenilia. i would like, though, to inform alan that i am impressed by his knowledge of the head piercer. this gives me hope for an eventual return to a more scholarly interaction.
Oscotarach wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:10 pm Schlongleonard be one crazy bitch wit plenty of names. Geoffrey on da othah hand be straight wit all choo guys. Choo know wat i mean? Ain't nobody got nah time fo' dat nonsense. Geoffrey would nevah do nuthin' like dat.
allow me to offer assistance until oscotarach returns. no, you are not too close, my dear. it is a language that goes by several names, including afrikaan, hiphop, jive, etc. - but most commonly today as 'ebonics'.LisaLCFan wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:53 pmOscotarach wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:10 pm Schlongleonard be one crazy bitch wit plenty of names. Geoffrey on da othah hand be straight wit all choo guys. Choo know wat i mean? Ain't nobody got nah time fo' dat nonsense. Geoffrey would nevah do nuthin' like dat.
As a former student of Sociolinguistics, I am curious about the above post and I have a question: what sort of accent/dialect is the above post meant to represent? If I had to guess, I'd say British Lower Class Hooligan, tinged with North-Eastern American Gangster. Am I close?
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If you were a fan of the TV show, "Dr. Who" you would learn all about dialects
solongleonard wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:31 am ...If you were a fan of the TV show, "Dr. Who" you would learn all about dialects
for example, watch this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN19oHT ... =minetruly