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Originally posted by jazbri:
I personally don't find that speaking with proper diction and grammar is a personification of talking white. There are white people out there who do not have a command of the English language themselves. There's a huge difference between someone with an accent vs an inability to speak with proper diction/grammar. I simply refuse to credit my proper use of English as a 'white thang'.
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Jaz, I think you missed my point, LOL!
Separate the accent and the proper English. It's two different things. I agree with you, correct diction is definitely not a white thang. I was speaking purely of accent and intonation. Hence, you can "talk white" without using correct grammar. Feel me? NEVER would I credit my use of correct grammar and whatnot to being a 'white thang.' Giiirrrl, please!
