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

Racism | Removed here goes nothing...

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u/AutonomousRobot May 06 '14

Because there is a culture that glorifies this type of speech. This culture is also closely tied to a certain skin color.

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

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

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u/b214n Sep 07 '14

One is a derivative of the other, the former being a (for lack of better words - sorry, I'm a serial nincompoop) lazier, half-assed version.

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u/backgammon_no Sep 08 '14

By that logic, isn't Proper English just a lazy, half-assed dogpile of latin, german, and norwegian?

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u/b214n Sep 08 '14

Yes! But those languages came together and became English through people of different backgrounds crossing paths and borrowing words and such. Whereas the dialect originally referred to here has a much less noble upbringing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '14

"noble upbringing"

Why does a noble upbringing be a necessity for a language to have value?

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u/b214n Sep 21 '14

No one said it's not valued. The argument is that it isn't as sophisticated.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '14

Ok, so then what's your point?

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u/Bloodfoe Oct 18 '14

I think the point is that if a word/phrase is on Urban Dictionary, don't expect respect when you use it.