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Originally Posted by the guy who be short
Seeing a man you respect very much using ghetto slang. What has the world come to?
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Ya mean I da man?
Jus' thot I'd do some kickin'.
I ain' from de hood; I
be de hood.
(not really, but I've had a few experiences lately)
Anyway, to answer your assignment: I assign the refusal to respect whole dialects of English just because they appear to contain incorrect English grammar. Fact is, 'Ebonics' (the language of the ghetto if you must), follow grammatical constructions from African languages quite closely.