THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the person who came up with this HILARIOUS thread. I thoroughly enjoyed every last response. I can't remember when I laughed so hard.
You never can actually imagine how COUNTRY you sound until someone else brings it out. I'm from South Carolina and I KNOW that I have many moments of being absolutely country (and I'm a college-educated woman also). It's almost like speaking another language at times. When I'm around certain people (like my family who actually understand what I'm saying), I just completely relax with correct pronunciation and what not. But when I'm around my supervisor, director, SOME co-workers, and other agencies, then my language changes.
It's good that we can laugh at this. If the truth be told, EBONICS (which is what we now call it) is basically part of the African-American culture. And, if you think about it, it's not so bad. It's DIFFERENT (and that's a good thing).
