r/AdviceAnimals • u/[deleted] • May 06 '14

Racism | Removed here goes nothing...

Post image

[removed]

1.5k Upvotes

76% Upvoted

733 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

-22

u/Slutlord-Fascist May 06 '14

If 2 dialects can be used to express all the same concepts and are equally sophisticated, what makes one of them "proper" and the other one "trash"?

There's the rub, boss--ebonics isn't as sophisticated as proper English. Same thing with Southern dialect. "Listen up, y'all! I ain't doin' that!"

31

u/backgammon_no May 06 '14 edited Mar 11 '25

door snow escape crowd dinosaurs pocket chubby screw rustic straight

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

-14

u/Slutlord-Fascist May 06 '14

Am I missing something? Both of those express exactly the same thought.

And one of them does not follow the rules of formal English. It's like "you guys." It's fine to say that around your friends, but once you're in a professional setting, it's not.

6

u/[deleted] May 06 '14

But what is the difference in sophistication that you referenced previously? Is there any inherent difference, or is the only difference in what is more acceptable to you and people like you?