Ebonics Translators Needed - Practice now and get the job!

Wot y'all up 2? Damn it! I been lookin' fo' dat jawb fo' a long tahme. Whatcha think we shoo b doin' 'bout dat shit? Wot I can letcha kno' bah now is dat I applied fo' it. I ain't no snitch but I'mma keep on stackin' da dough, ya knowmsayin? I finna jet cuz ya kno' I gotta flip a bird 2nite so I finna git da slab ready, nahImean? Damn peep dis shit out nigga, a car fulla white girls to be taken to dat 'hood where ya smoked dat fuckin' punk. Whattama tell ya is dat ain't nobody gon' put da hands on mah shit, ya heard? I'mma bus da goddamn cap on dey ass if dey fuckin' move aaight. Lemme head out cuz five-oh 'bout to show up!

Oh, befo' I git mah ass up outta hea I just wanted 2 letchy'all kno' dat nuttin' make me happier dan be chillin' 'round wit mah gal. Van, mah baybay, I luv ya fo' real, ya dig. Ain't nobody gon' take ya away from me cuz we belong 2gether, ya feel me?

Holla atcha homies l8er on wen. bah da way, y'all gotta check mah new music out. Damn sho' it gon' be one mo' hit. It be called "U Bettah Be Prepared".

This is basically how Ebonics is used by gangsters. I didn't mean to make any sense above. Check how grammatical features are presented in the chart below.

Example	Name	SE Meaning / Notes
He workin'.	Simple progressive	He is working [right now].
He be workin'.	Habitual/continuative aspect	He works frequently or habitually. Better illustrated with "He be workin' Tuesdays all month."
He be steady workin'.	Intensified continuative	He is working steadily.
He been workin'.	Perfect progressive	He has been working.
He been had that job.	Remote phase	He has had that job for a long time and still has it.
He done worked.	Emphasized perfective	He has worked. Syntactically, "He worked" is valid, but "done" is used to emphasize the completed nature of the action.
He finna or He's fittin' to go to work.	Immediate future	He's about to go to work. Finna is a contraction of "fixin' to"; though is also believed to show residual influence of late 16th century archaism "would fain (to)", that persisted until later in some rural dialects spoken in the Carolinas
I was walkin' home, and I had worked all day.	Preterite narration.	"Had" is used to begin a preterite narration. Usually it occurs in the first clause of the narration, and nowhere else.

Lil' Dawg

ESL Teacher

The Real Texas Accent

Howdy y'all? Jeet yet? Nah. Yant to?

Most people think that Texans have much of an accent and criticize them because of that. Firstly, you all have to understand that every other state has an accent as well. If you were born and raised in New York City, you can tell from which borough the person is from: Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, or Staten Island. People tend to exaggerate when they are talking about Texans' accent and this is due to TV commercials, movies, Chuck Norris and George W. Bush.

The point I am trying to make is that apparently Texans have been stereotyped by the media. When it comes to Texans, movies show a number of racist and ignorant cowboys usually addressed to as Rednecks. Yet, this is not the high majority of the Texans. Stop looking down on people who act, speak, or dress differently. Stereotyping has been the ignition of racism and prejudice in general.

Well, I found this video on youtube.com and thought it is perfect to illustrate what I mean. Check it out and comment on this topic

Lil' Dawg

ESL Teacher

Subtext

Before you get at her, usually something takes place like an email, a letter, a note or a phone call. Girls, now you can experience the making of the texts we send to you.

Lil' Dawg

ESL Teacher

Say NO to prejudice!

SAY NO TO PREJUDICE!

How is it going with y'all? I hope everybody is doing okay. It's been a long time I have not posted here due to my lack of spare time. However, I am back with this topic about prejudice, bias, racism and discrimination against.

I have been through some situations that made me rethink about what has gone down throughout the world in terms of discrimination. As a black man, even though black slavery has been "extinguished" from the world, some people still practice racial slur in much of it, I feel deeply sorry for those who discriminate against blacks and other ethnicities. As a matter of fact, I feel pity for them.

Here in Brazil, prejudice is hidden. Brazil is a melting pot of colors, races, ethnicities, customs, dances, rhythms, and cultures. Nevertheless, being black in Brazil is as tough as being black in any part of the world. People look down on us, police officers think we are all thugs, we are usually stopped or pulled over by them for a pat-down search and usually there are a very few black men who are company directors, judges, teachers, professors. These positions are usually occupied by the white Brazilian people who, in the USA, are considered to be Latino or "spic", the racist and derrogatory term used to insult Hispanics. Can you see it is people discriminating against other people that discriminate other people over and over? Say NO to racism. What makes you better than Caucasians? What makes you better than Latinos? What makes you better than Africans? What makes you better than Afghanis? What makes you better than Asians? Nothing makes you better than anybody. You are just different.

The point I'm trying to get across with is that racism is for those who have not realized that life has the same end for everybody: death! It does not matter what color, sexual orientation, political affiliation or anything else. Try to live friendly!

Racism needs to stop!

Lil' Dawg

ESL Teacher

World Cup 2010 - South Africa

What's going on partners?

I know it's been a while since I last came down here. Too much extra work around here. But as y'all know, it is SOCCERTIME. Get ready for the FIFA WORLD CUP in SOUTH AFRICA.

As a Brazilian man, I am so excited about it and so are my mom, sister and friends. Soccer is the sport played by 32 nations. It will set off on June 11 and will hold the finals on July 11.

Countries are:

Brazil - 5 times champion

Spain

Portugal

France - 1 time champion

Italy - 4 times champion

USA

Argentina - 2 times champion

South Korea

Korea DPR

South Africa (The host)

Greece

Ivory Coast

Japan

Switzerland

Chile

Uruguay - 2 times champion

Paraguay

Australia

New Zealand

Ghana

Mexico

Nigeria

Algeria

Germany - 3 times champion

Honduras

Cameroon

Slovenia

Slovakia

England - 1 time champion

Denmark

Netherlands

Serbia

Get ready for a lot of fun and excitment!

Rodrigo Pelegrini Honorato

ESL Teacher

rphingles@yahoo.com.br