Talkin' white

[The Original Ape]

Originally posted by MIDWESTDIVA:
Mgdzkm433,

People generally write the same way they speak. Especially in casual conversation. So if you are reading posts in BGLO forums, you are bound to see some "ebonics" in some of the posts.

Miss.Mocha,

I think what Mgdzkm433 means is this. Let me use Shelacious's examples of "sto", "fixina" and "finna". You and I automatically know that these words are really "store" and "fixing to", but Mgdzkm433 doesn't. Therefore, she would have a hard time understanding a post that used those terms, especially when they are spelled that way. I don't think she was referring to typos, since we all do those once in a while.


[This message has been edited by MIDWESTDIVA (edited November 30, 2000).]

Diva,

I didn't know most people write as they speak. I don't. I was taught to write for the reader, and that's what I TRY to do. I'm not a good writer, so I wouldn't know about that. I fine that interesting though.