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Justice Department Seeks Ebonics Experts
thesmokinggun.com ^ | 08/23/2010 | n/a

Posted on 08/23/2010 6:03:29 AM PDT by massmike

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1 posted on 08/23/2010 6:03:31 AM PDT by massmike
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Hire some wanna be rappers—white or black—.....seriously.


2 posted on 08/23/2010 6:04:43 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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Just ask The Zero to translate. Harry Reid said he could.................


3 posted on 08/23/2010 6:05:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. But he does have him in his MY FAVES.............)
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To: massmike

Mrs. Cleaver speaks a mean m*therf***kin’ ebonics


4 posted on 08/23/2010 6:05:20 AM PDT by Pietro
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To: Le Chien Rouge

Call me when they need Klingon speakers.


5 posted on 08/23/2010 6:05:40 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: massmike

They would need several, a jive talker in Detroit is not using the same lingo as a rap star wannabe out in LA I bet.


6 posted on 08/23/2010 6:07:03 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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You mean they say B!tch and Muhfugga in more than one dialect?


7 posted on 08/23/2010 6:07:51 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: massmike

Sounds racist to me (Sarc)...


8 posted on 08/23/2010 6:07:55 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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The idea is pretty silly - what they are looking for is not speakers of a dialect, but people who are familiar with the ever-changing and highly localized slang of the urban streets.

It is impossible to demonstrate proficiency in it the way one can demonstrate proficiency in Arabic or even Kreyol.

9 posted on 08/23/2010 6:09:12 AM PDT by wideawake
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10 posted on 08/23/2010 6:09:59 AM PDT by Roccus (......and then there were none.)
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11 posted on 08/23/2010 6:10:04 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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“I be uh professor o' da linguistics o' Ebonics. What do ya you wants me ta analyze? in the hood”

12 posted on 08/23/2010 6:10:14 AM PDT by cartan
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I speak jive. Just don’t call me Shirley!


13 posted on 08/23/2010 6:10:57 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: massmike
check out some urban high school “English” teachers - a great source!
14 posted on 08/23/2010 6:11:47 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Le Chien Rouge

be sure to include great benefit package and triple retirement.


15 posted on 08/23/2010 6:12:04 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: massmike
Here's a declension to get you started:

e coli
ebola
ebonics

16 posted on 08/23/2010 6:12:44 AM PDT by Mobties (I yield back the balance of my time)
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I can translate redneck for them.

MR Boy Pigs
MR Not Boy Pigs
OSAR CMP?
LIB MR Boy Pigs


17 posted on 08/23/2010 6:13:12 AM PDT by csmusaret (A government that can dictate how much water flows into a toilet is a powerful government indeed.)
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You were betean by a measly 5 seconds!


18 posted on 08/23/2010 6:13:12 AM PDT by MortMan (Obama's response to the Gulf oil spill: a four-putt.)
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To: Red Badger

get algore he did pretty good the that black church.


19 posted on 08/23/2010 6:13:38 AM PDT by boomop1
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To: massmike

Just call it what it is. Spoken illiteracy.


20 posted on 08/23/2010 6:14:09 AM PDT by pabianice
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