Many of the TX universities have a large out-of-state population, but they wouldn't bat an eye at the use of the word "y'all."

"Hey, look at me...I'm a different kind of Black person...I don't speak Ebonics or broken English...people say I talk white....whewwwwwww!!!!" *doing cartwheels*

*hides before lynch-mob shows up*

My concern is not only talking "proper", but writing "proper" when it counts (not on social networks.) I can't believe how many college-educated folx say I seen, Me and her went to the store, end sentences with propositions, etc.

yes, i did attend NYU, and students are from all over. though a significant population is from the tri-state and LI. my year there are a lot of ppl from TX/CA/FL.

but i defintely teetered between perceptions of "talking ghetto" and "being articulate." who knew you could be one in the same!

NonBlack students, as well.

I read college students' papers that read like they are on facebook or texting a friend. :mad:

I totally agree. It is sad that a great many people will read what you have said and not understand why there are quotation marks around the propers.
The issue I've seen most often these days is homonyms in writing. "I love are new couch." "Their going to the mall to get and apple." It is mind boggling how many people have issues with common homonyms. It is also amazing how many there are in the english language. Continuity is also a major issue. I've read many a story or paper that starts out in one tense and then switches to another and ends in yet another. I also see so many people who can't spell. (Inless, emitate, imulate)

I don't know many people who, like me, would rather spell correctly even in text messages for the most part. Ppl. typ lik dis so mch dey 4get dat englsh stl xist. On NPR there was an author who said that new media was the best thing ever and should replace old media (newspaper). Imagine having to read all the news in barely intelligible twitter/txt speak.

I.A.S.K. made my head hurt. LOL. She reminded me that homonyms and texting, in general, are among my pet peeves.

the first one isnt even a homonym. the second one irks my nerve to no end, and the third doesnt make any sense.

and whoever came up with that internet speak is a hot mess. its one thing to shorten words, but to put "ii" and "y" ad "ee" in all sorts of places, then take letters out - its obnoxious, and i feel like that in itself is like learning another language (written anyway, more like a dialect?)

my mother texts me in that speech. its ANNOYING. everything is "i c u l8r" and "im cumming now." really mom? really?

LOL

TMI, mom, TMI.

its less TMI and more "youre freaking 40+, what's next, a sidekick?"

"Mines" IS. NOT. A. WORD.

OMG, tld, that was not what I needed to read. :eek:

LOL

the irony in that is that coming has less letters.

the thing is, im sure she means it as "coming" but didnt using those interchangeably stop being cool about... no wait. it was never cool. even in AOL chat rooms 15 years ago.

Yeah and "cum" should NEVER be used in place of "come" unless that person's trying to tell you something. LOL.