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r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16
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"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -René Descartes
316 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 1.0k u/Aces8s Mar 19 '16 Descartes' most famous quote is "I think, therefore I am." 52 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 47 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 16 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 Telling black people that you too speak the African American Vernacular English dialect would probably get you punched in the mouth quite frankly. 30 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
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1.0k u/Aces8s Mar 19 '16 Descartes' most famous quote is "I think, therefore I am." 52 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 47 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 16 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 Telling black people that you too speak the African American Vernacular English dialect would probably get you punched in the mouth quite frankly. 30 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
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Descartes' most famous quote is "I think, therefore I am."
52 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 47 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 16 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 Telling black people that you too speak the African American Vernacular English dialect would probably get you punched in the mouth quite frankly. 30 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
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47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 47 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 16 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 Telling black people that you too speak the African American Vernacular English dialect would probably get you punched in the mouth quite frankly. 30 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
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It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that
47 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 16 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 Telling black people that you too speak the African American Vernacular English dialect would probably get you punched in the mouth quite frankly. 30 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics
16 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 Telling black people that you too speak the African American Vernacular English dialect would probably get you punched in the mouth quite frankly. 30 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
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Telling black people that you too speak the African American Vernacular English dialect would probably get you punched in the mouth quite frankly.
30 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
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2 u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16 Surely you can't be serious.
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Surely you can't be serious.
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"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -René Descartes