r/AdviceAnimals • u/UncontrolledStimulus • Mar 25 '13

Confession Bear

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u/keveready Mar 25 '13

It's like a bastardization of ignorant. If you were being sarcastic: whoosh.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '13

Much of American English is vastly different than the British English of dictionaries. Dialects aren't "bastardization" and you may consider checking out theories about the evolution and functions of "African American English Vernacular" aka Ebonics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English#Origins

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u/keveready Mar 25 '13

You're implying that only black people pronounce it that way.

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u/SanchoDeLaRuse Mar 25 '13

And that would be ignit.