Iggy Azalea falls victim to vine trend, massive critisism

[Vernier 3,786]

Omg stop bullying Iggy, she's done nothing wrong besides wanting to be a rapper, without actually being good at it. Leave ha alone  

[VelmaDinkley 195]

I dislike Iggy and think shes not a good rapper but coming from a black person myself, ya'll are doing WAYYYYYYYY TOOO MUCH to the point where I think its disgusting ya'll are a part of my community. Ya think your voices are getting heard by bullying iggy instead of educating her on cultural appropriation but in fact its going to make the whites and every other minority (asians and latinos) turn on you guys even more. 

[Jed 7,716]

Is AAE technically the same as ebonics? Because isn't that really incorrect English?  

​No not at all.

Think of it like this, people from boston speak a certain dialect, people from pittsburgh speak a certain dialect and people from the south speak a certain dialect. While all of these stray from what we know as standard american english, they cannot be "incorrect" because they still have a strict set of rules. African American English has rules and guidelines to follow even though they may not be explicitly stated when people are learning it. There is also Hispanic American English which I am not as familiar with.

Any linguist who would say that a dialect is bad or not as good as a different dialect is not seen as a credible linguist. (I took a linguistics class last semester.. Didn't learn a ton but I did really well when it came to this unit).

[SKANK 14,288]

Jokes and memes are ok, but Iggy Azalea is clearly the target of an unnecessary amount of hate. 

Ruthlessly mocking a talentless artist who has somehow achieved a level of success greater then your own level of success is equally annoying as the talentless artist achieving success in the first place. Don't pile on just to get your groupthink c0ck hard. 

[MJHolland 12,725]

​how the **** do you talk black?

​Don't play dumb, you know they meant "ghetto". 

[jomonster12 239]

​Yes hunty, WORRY about YOURSELF. Iggy is lives down the street from Britney ****ing Spears in her grand mansion. All you should focus on is YOURSELF henny. And while you're at it, work on throwing shade because you're **** at it.

 

 

​Ok  Well, you can stop commenting on my post every time because its MY OPINION  If you don't like than that you, ok.

[SissyFromSpace 20,884]

​Don't play dumb, you know they meant "ghetto". 

​So black+ghetto = the same thing?

very hurtful thing to say.

[AbuHassan1992 766]

shes a millionaire who's set for life. the hoodrats are obvi envious

 

cant wait for the smash hit britney collab

​I doubt she's set for life. She may have a couple of millions, but not really.

[FATCAT 60,084]

​I doubt she's set for life. She may have a couple of millions, but not really.

​Same, If I had millions of dollars, and a pop-star ego (not shade, every star has one), millions would be nothing.

[MJHolland 12,725]

​So black+ghetto = the same thing?

very hurtful thing to say.

​Well show me an isolated community of white people that speak the the same "ghetto" voice that Iggy is trying to emulate and I'll cry you a river 

[AbuHassan1992 766]

I mean she may not even have millions. She may gross millions but if TI writes her stuff she probably doesn't get too much dough

[Morphine Prince 106,177]

​No not at all.

Think of it like this, people from boston speak a certain dialect, people from pittsburgh speak a certain dialect and people from the south speak a certain dialect. While all of these stray from what we know as standard american english, they cannot be "incorrect" because they still have a strict set of rules. African American English has rules and guidelines to follow even though they may not be explicitly stated when people are learning it. There is also Hispanic American English which I am not as familiar with.

Any linguist who would say that a dialect is bad or not as good as a different dialect is not seen as a credible linguist. (I took a linguistics class last semester.. Didn't learn a ton but I did really well when it came to this unit).

​I'm not familiar with all the technicalities so idk if what I asked was correct. For example, if someone says "She don't like that" it's incorrect, isn't it? "She do not like that" is wrong. It's supposed to be "She does not like that" , so when I hear many AA speak in this way I just think they didn't learn proper English. 

[Tove Lo 2,481]

​So using an insult as an actual insult, and not as an affectionate term is ok? Cool, I guess. I can't wait when people call each other f*ggots on here to actually insult each other but don't face consquences because they're somehow attached to the LGBT community. I heard some girl call another girl a "f*cking wh*re" to degrade her, but it's ok she's a girl as well. ((((((:
God what a world we live in, social justice warriors are the worst. )))): SOCIAL JUSTICE IS SOOO WRONG.

 

[Jed 7,716]

​I'm not familiar with all the technicalities so idk if what I asked was correct. For example, if someone says "She don't like that" it's incorrect, isn't it? "She do not like that" is wrong. It's supposed to be "She does not like that" , so when I hear many AA speak in this way I just think they didn't learn proper English. 

​Well that's the thing, they didn't learn a certain english they learned AAE. I found a good page that explains some of the rules http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/aave.html (apparently it's AAVE which means my teacher left that v out).

 

In the end, is "she don't like that" incorrect? When it comes to standard american english yes it is. But it isn't when it comes to AAVE. Many black people have to be well spoken in both if they want to succeed in both worlds (i.e. you can't use AAVE in job interviews or intensely formal settings where SAE is the norm). What I meant to say was that AAVE isn't inherently better or worse than SAE it just is different. Rules in AAVE don't apply to SAE which means those terms aren't correct when talking about SAE. But linguists can't say that AAVE is "worse" or "incorrect" because there are still rules to adhere to and a distinct reason people use it.

[Morphine Prince 106,177]

​Well that's the thing, they didn't learn a certain english they learned AAE. I found a good page that explains some of the rules http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/aave.html (apparently it's AAVE which means my teacher left that v out).

 

In the end, is "she don't like that" incorrect? When it comes to standard american english yes it is. But it isn't when it comes to AAVE. Many black people have to be well spoken in both if they want to succeed in both worlds (i.e. you can't use AAVE in job interviews or intensely formal settings where SAE is the norm). What I meant to say was that AAVE isn't inherently better or worse than SAE it just is different. Rules in AAVE don't apply to SAE which means those terms aren't correct when talking about SAE. But linguists can't say that AAVE is "worse" or "incorrect" because there are still rules to adhere to and a distinct reason people use it.

​Oh, ok, I understand what you mean! Thanks for the info! I have known some AA's that say they speak proper English when in an academic setting and then switch off to AAVE when speaking to their family or friends. I guess if they can tell the difference between the standard English and their way of speaking it's ok. Sometimes I see that people are discriminated if they speak in this way because they are perceived as less educated, etc.