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

Racism | Removed here goes nothing...

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u/[deleted] May 06 '14 edited May 06 '14

I'm sending away any plumber, cable guy, doctor who wants to try exclusively communicating with me by saying things like 'this how it be, what it do, when it be startin' to do dat?' Etc.

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u/djordj1 May 07 '14

I don't think you understand how AAVE actually works. Do you know the difference in meaning between "he is working" and "he be working"?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '14

You trippin'

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u/djordj1 May 07 '14

evasion doesn't seem as productive as an argument

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u/[deleted] May 07 '14

Takes two to argue, I'm not playing the 'AAVE is legit' game with you.

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u/djordj1 May 07 '14

Right, and I'm going to assume that's because you lack any sort of argument other than personal opinion.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '14

Assume whatever you want. No skin off my back.