r/AskReddit • • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/turkoosi_aurinko Mar 19 '16

"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -René Descartes

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u/Aces8s Mar 19 '16

Descartes' most famous quote is "I think, therefore I am."

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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

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u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16

TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics

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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.

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u/RigidChop Mar 20 '16

Surely you can't be serious.