Comments for The Trouble With Crystal

Comment on Mah Thusday – ebonics style by Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:31:06 +0000

seems like I was successful.

PS – check out “Precious” or “Push” the book and basis for the movie. You may come to believe that this post is not as exaggerated as you might think

Comment on Mah Thusday – ebonics style by Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:24:26 +0000

Of course ebonics is a “modern” version of historical speech, just as any language evolves. Ebonics includes many different regional variations of African American vernacular. However, many of them share common patterns, such as the ones I have illustrated in this post. The degree to which specific users employ either standard english or ebonics in their speech varies with factors like region, age, gender, and social class. Perhaps this sounds “muzzled” to you because I am trying to write out phonetics, whereas one would not be surprised to consistently hear the same grammatical patterns and pronunciations in speech. Additionally, why do you call it “muzzling”? Using ebonics is not bad, simply different.

That said, yes – this was written to help me practice using the concepts we learned in class. I did purposefully try to use ebonics in all applicable contexts, which may not be reflective of how often a real speaker of ebonics would speak.

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions. Although I am a computer ignoramus, but I’ll try to figure out how to install the plug-in.

Comment on Mah Thusday – ebonics style by Ravi

Ravi — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:58:58 +0000

Is this ebonics or a rough imitation? As I understand it, ebonics is more a modern-day interpretation and amalgamation of a historical set of social dialects. It doesn’t necessarily require muzzling every word and sentence, in my opinion.

Also, an interesting song on the topic: “Ebonics” by Big L.

PS. Get the Subscribe to Comments plugin (I think that’s the name) for WordPress to help commenters stay engaged in the conversation.

Comment on The trouble with Caffeine by me

me — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:52:24 +0000

In 9th grade I took a 500mg caffeine pill on a dare (for reference, a double shot has 130mg). All I can say is… don’t do that. Especially not if you’re a 90 lb 9th grader.

Comment on The blurry border between dream and reality by Anna

Anna — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:08:17 +0000

Oh man…I’m sorry to hear that crystal. =[

Comment on Hoop Dreams by Michael

Michael — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:30:41 +0000

That’s so sad. Captivating, but sad.

Comment on Shower me with kisses by ben

ben — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:03:09 +0000

shit, crystal…

Comment on What makes a relationship long-term? by Evans

Evans — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:50 +0000

What does your intuition say?

Comment on What makes a relationship long-term? by ben

ben — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:40 +0000

You wrote again! Virtual hugs for you! Cute pick-up line, too.

I don’t know the answer to your question, though. One thing about relationships is that they can turn from short-term flings into long-term relationships without anyone really agreeing to it.

Comment on Ins and Outs at the Sexual Health Center by ben

ben — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:35:23 +0000

I wonder if categories like “asexual” conceal more than they reveal. Sure, it’s useful to have a label to know that there are other people like them, but it’s easy to think that because you’ve labeled someone you’ve already understood them — which isn’t true at all, of course.