"We All We Got"

On the local news today here in the Louisville area they were doing a piece on violence. A well known local activist was being interviewed, I noticed he was wearing a t-shirt that said "we all we got".

It might be a good idea for activists to promote education which in turn would lead to better job opportunities. Perhaps the t shirt should have something printed on it that might challenge young minds.

I'm not a wordsmith by any stretch of the imagination, but come on, at least try and promote basic/proper vocabulary skills.


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You are an antique......same as I am.

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Originally Posted by MickintheHam

You are an antique......same as I am.

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Word! We is who we is.


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Yep. Just keepin it real.

Ebonics! The "alternative" English for hood rats everywhere!

It is important for the target audience be able to understand what you are saying

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Originally Posted by dan_bgblue

It is important for the target audience be able to understand what you are saying

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LOL! Yeah, since a good many of the fine union members of the teacher's unions only speak Ebonics anyway.......

My 10th grade English teacher began class in my public high school in Louisiana,

"Is they anyone..?"

True story. My mom and I used to laugh about that from time to time. I came home from school that day and realized that a) English class was going to be easy, and b) it was going to be a lost year learning English, at least grammar.

Louisianaian, qualifies as a foreign language. My FiL was a half breed Cajun, and it took several years for me to be able to effectively communicate with him.

The difference between Ebonics & Cajun is miles and miles apart.

The land of Acadiana......

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Originally Posted by dan_bgblue

Louisianaian, qualifies as a foreign language. My FiL was a half breed Cajun, and it took several years for me to be able to effectively communicate with him.

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In all fairness I have to disclose that I am subjected to Ebonics daily, and have been for years. Many of the people of all races that I deal with on a daily basis only speak in this manner. I understand it well, and can actually speak it fluently myself.
How did it come to become part of the our culture? Probably due to several factors. Lack of formal education, or refusal to be educated, local cultures and customs, people wanting to "belong" or "fit in" within their social setting/environment, probably being the most prevalent reasons, among other reasons. In my case it is a by-product of being able to communicate suitably with those who only speak the language, as it were, and the need to be able to communicate with people on their level of consciousness. When you deal with individuals that do not or cannot speak regular American English, then you have to be able to communicate with them in the manner in which they are able to relate to. In the Police Academy this is referred to as 'Interpersonal Communications Skills', and yes it is part of the curriculum. So it not only is necessary but required, because a good number of the individuals that law enforcement & corrections comes in contact with multiple times daily only speak in this manner.
Just wanted to state that for the record, because I went back and re-read my posts and didn't want you guys to think I was making fun of or making light of the issue. After I re-read the posts I realized that I may have inadvertently came across as some kind of jackass, which was not my intention.

Wynn and I were talking basketball with a guy from Southern Louisiana during halftime on a Thursday at the SEC, just passin some time, and talked for the whole halftime until the game started, the crowd at the hot dog stand thinned out and he left. Wynn turned to me and said "Dad, I didn't understand a single word he said".

Part of the reason for language differences is to identify the insiders versus the "others". I told him, "this is Southeastern Conference tournament not the damn Yankees in the Big East".