Mar

If You're a Student, Please Utilize:

why do black people use you in the wrong context? such is "you ugly" instead of "you're ugly" I know u guys can differentiate, it's a nuisance

It’s called copula deletion, or zero copula. Many languages and dialects, including Ancient Greek and Russian, delete the copula (the verb to be) when the context is obvious.

What’s more, it’s been shown that copula deletion occurs in AAVE exactly in those contexts where copula contraction occurs in so-called “Standard American English.” That is, the basic sentence “You are great” can become “You’re great” in SAE and “You great” in AAVE, but “I know who you are” cannot become “I know who you’re” in SAE, and according to reports, neither can you get “I know who you” in AAVE.

IMPORTANT!!!!

So yeah, weird story. I remember signing up for the DC Summer Job Program about a year ago and received a strange email from a woman claiming to have read my resume and wanted to hold an interview. Everything looked legitimate, yet when I had called the number provided, a man picked up and said that no one by that name lives here, meaning I was given a fake job number that lead to a residential. The person attempted to contact me again wanting an interview, but I blocked their email.

All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

If you think you are enlightened go spend a week with your family