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Why is it a lot of African-Americans say words differently? For example, instead of ‘ask’ they pronounce it ‘aks’? Even on TV commercials.
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Name : L. Amor, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 55, City : Jacksonville, State : FL Country : United States, Occupation : server, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,It’s called having a different dialect. In a diverse country such as the US, there are bound to be variations in the way different sub-groups speak the English language. Not everyone will pronounce their words like Caucasians, and it is not right of people to expect them to do so. Yes, we are all American, but there are differences among us including family rearing, foods, clothing styles, hairstyles, etc. Why would speech pattern be any different?
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Name : AmberW, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 23, City : Greenville, State : NC Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I wonder this myself and am not proud. Speak proper English my fellow Afro-Americans! Society has had it with ebonics.
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Name : Cliff, Gender : Male, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Atheist, Age : 33, City : San Francisco, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : DMI technician, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,I’m white, and I can say “ask” correctly, but I have trouble with “asked.” I just can’t seem to pronounce it. I know how but it never comes out right. So for some people it might be as simple as that. And we do live in a large country with many regional accents and dialects. As long as a person can carry on an intelligent conversation and you know what they are saying, why worry about it?
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Name : LaurieS, Gender : Female, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 35, City : Port Saint John, State : FL Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,
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