Folks can't speak worth a....

[RoyalEmpress33]

*Looking Around* Wow,I haven't been here in a while. But anyway...

You know, I've been enjoying my college life so far, and I enjoy most of my classes, but I was and still am amazed at the number of professors that can't speak correct english. I know of three that can't pronounce words correctly. My old world civilization teacher has the hardest time saying "Current Affairs". It always comes out "Current Affers". I don't know if it's that's the way he was spoken to as a child or what, but he has a hard time saying words with "air" in them. I know a lot of people that say "saushish" too instead of "sausage".

Originally Posted by 1savvydiva

My aunt who just moved here from NY always says "KMots" and "WalMots" like she is from BAHHHSton or something!

LOL! Most of my family is from that area (Boston,Lowell) and they talk exactly like that. Especially my mother and grandmother. They both say "Cah" for "Car" and "Gahbage" for "Garbage".

[prettynatural]

Okay. West Tennessee words here- Courtesy from my mom, neighbors and other Ebonic speaking elders.

1. Coatin- Courting
2. Cuttin- Cousin- Mom my is bad with this, " You know Cuttin Isa so- and s0
3. "Walla go"- awhile a go
4. "Wallin in the floor"- waddle
5. "Get round waif from heah"- Get away from here
5. Raute- Route
6. "progering" - Probing- I found out in 2006 that was not a word.
7. "Molly"- That is so nasty and "molly"- I don't know what "molly" english correct word is. I know what it means though! lol
8. "I be"- " Well I be dog gone, he done ate all of the candy"
9. Swill chair- wheel chair
10. weep- sweep

Okay my mother told me the other day that she had to take my neice to her "Recycle" I was like, huh?! And I starting laughing and she did too, she was like " Okay, what is it? I was like Recital!!! My mom is a trip. I have a theory though about our pronunciations. I do think a lot of comes from learned speech patterns from our African ancestors. I know for a fact that the verb "to be" is omitted from various West African languages. We always omit it now, like "He so crazy" etc. I don't think it is a negative thing. I can code switch like a mug!

I love Black Culture!

[PrettyBoy]

I find it difficult to have conversations with some people, because they think something is wrong with me because I don't talk like that.

[whiteandblack]

durin'. like, "how you durin'". I did a double-take on that one.

[litAKAtor]

Originally Posted by prettynatural

Okay. West Tennessee words here- Courtesy from my mom, neighbors and other Ebonic speaking elders.

1. Coatin- Courting
2. Cuttin- Cousin- Mom my is bad with this, " You know Cuttin Isa so- and s0
3. "Walla go"- awhile a go
4. "Wallin in the floor"- waddle
5. "Get round waif from heah"- Get away from here
5. Raute- Route
6. "progering" - Probing- I found out in 2006 that was not a word.
7. "Molly"- That is so nasty and "molly"- I don't know what "molly" english correct word is. I know what it means though! lol
8. "I be"- " Well I be dog gone, he done ate all of the candy"
9. Swill chair- wheel chair
10. weep- sweep

Okay my mother told me the other day that she had to take my neice to her "Recycle" I was like, huh?! And I starting laughing and she did too, she was like " Okay, what is it? I was like Recital!!! My mom is a trip. I have a theory though about our pronunciations. I do think a lot of comes from learned speech patterns from our African ancestors. I know for a fact that the verb "to be" is omitted from various West African languages. We always omit it now, like "He so crazy" etc. I don't think it is a negative thing. I can code switch like a mug!

I love Black Culture!

That is so funny. My mom is from Memphis and I have to really try to understand what my cousins are saying. For example the word "HER" - pronounced HER, could mean here, her or hair. DUR - means Dear, it is so funny. . and even though my mom has been gone fora minute when we go back she slips up every time!

[O_SoPrettyNikki]

I had to add to this thread. I absolutely hate when my sister says:

1. Towah - Towel
2. Mote control - Remote control

My auntie says:

1. Ch'ren - Children
2. Veggie-tebbles - Vegetables

New Yorkers, gotta love us but we do a number on the English language:

1. Man-hat-en - Manhattan
2. over thee - over there ( we forget the r)
3. come hea - come here ( again with the r)
4. ionno - I dont know
5. yanno - you know
6.tawk - talk
7. yo'n - your own
8. fagedabodit - forget about it (classic)
9.worser - worst
10. bestest - best
11. thew - through
12. loosed - lost
13. muv'ah - mother

Other than conversate I despise when people substitute the letter O for the number zero , ughhhhhhhhh that irks my nerve.

" I live at 1-4-oh-3 Farnsworth Road"

No, no, no ... It's 1-4-zero-3 9smh). Its a number not a letter!!!!

[LadiBug]

Oh, Lord!! I'm from the South, so brace yourself:
ROO-bree=rubric
TIMOTHY=timid
VI-agas=Viagra
AID=AIDS
Waf=Wife
took sick=got ill (not a mispronunciation, but funny just the same!!)
make groc'ry=going grocery shopping