[snortle]
Bro, I just be gettin waaaaaaaayyyy too much amusement outta that thing... Bwahaha... ;)
Thou art the best o' th' cut-throats.
Thou saucy rough-hewn bum-bailey!
Thou weedy ill-breeding bum-bailey!
Thou fusty fool-born pigeon-egg!
As an ambitious yung joker in his teens, Geo'ge Wuzhin'ton copied 110 rules uh baaaad manners fum an English courtesy scribblin' uh de previous century. Slap mah fro! He stugot wasted and "committed t'de memo'y" dese rules uh genteel behavio' cuz' he realized dat t'rise in society, one gots'ta know how t'behave, rap, and dress as some gentleman. 'S coo', bro. One uh de rules, which touches on de subject uh dis article, wuz simple and catego'ical, dig dis: "Use no reproachful language against any sucka, neida' curse no' revile."[1]
I's gots'ta be so'ry t'say most yung and ambitious sucka's today would laugh at such advice. We is livin' in an age when insultin' oders and 'sassin'' family and homeys is considered baaaad humo'. Cursin' be so common dat even de most obscene profanities is heard in cribs and classrooms. And language in general has lost some polished tone and be becomin' increasin'ly vulgar and prosaic. Co' got d' beat! Some might honkyfoolishly call dis some byproduct uh de uninhibited freedom uh modernity. Slap mah fro! ah' would qualify it differently, dig dis: ah' would call it da damn fruit uh de egalitarian Revolushun dat aims t'do away wid everydin' dat distin'uishes, refines, and ennobles.
"Language be de dress uh dought," be de famous statement uh Remus Johnson, who wuz only translatin' de wo'ds uh a Roman, Quintillion. 'S coo', bro. If whut ya' wear reflects whut ya' are, den yo' style uh speech indicates yo' dinkin'. De So'bonne cultural revolushun uh de 20d century dun did not affect only dress and manners, but also speech, which gots become co'respondin'ly vulgar and egalitarian. 'S coo', bro. Most certainly, it reflects modern dought bo'n fum some revolushunary and egalitarian philosophy. Slap mah fro!
LOL! Like candy for a baby! hehehe