The Disrespect and Misuse of AAVE

[@olioverr]

Okay, just to clear some stuff up because some of yall are still confused. I do not care if nonblack people use AAVE😭. It's weird if you whip out the AAVE when exclusively speaking to black people, it's weird if you don't respect the boundaries people put up about not wanting to be called a certain thing, AND it's annoying when yall constantly misuse and change the original meaning of certain phrases and drag it to hell (gyatt, crash out, bop, unc, etc..). I'm aware some nonblack people grew up around the dialect and just speak like that, I dont care that's fine. My point is more so about pretending to be something you're not around black people to seem "cool" or whatever.

[@miniak2708]

G Y A A A A H H !

[@Teqnifii]

What do you think of people who essentially see AAVE words and start using them correctly in all circumstances? That phenomenon seems very similar to the concept of loan words, but as a descriptivist, I'd love to hear your take.

[@abaddon2148]

@@Teqnifii It’s literally the same concept as loan words. Even the misuse of certain words that OP says is “weird” is a clear example of natural language and cultural exchange. It’s been happening as long as language has existed but because it’s 2024 it’s suddenly bad.

[@Teqnifii]

@@abaddon2148 There's more nuance to it than that, though. Off the top of my head, there's the historical and cultural context of white people adopting the mannerisms of African Americans.

[@abaddon2148]

@@Teqnifii I just don't agree. When you've studied anthropology and the history of language/etc, how this is any different is not convincing.

[@Alex-bm5de]

DUDE I GENUINELY SAW SOMEONE SAY THEY WERE "FINNA GONNA". I LOST IT DUDE

[@koopdawhoop.]

omg thats actually really funny xD

[@haresonaga]

i like to have chai tea

[@the-bruh.cum5]

Im going to going to go to the store

[@furioushugger4887]

@haresonaga you almost whooshed me

[@DuKiBrain]

@@the-bruh.cum5 I thought finna meant "fixing to"? I guess at its core it means the same thing but I can still be wrong. Am I wrong?

[@shenigin]

Seeing the thumbnail and then seeing the “2 years ago” hit me like a truck

[@olioverr]

it hurts my soul

[@juljasmah]

No way gyatt was from 2 years ago

[@pipryx]

“Its goofy aaa” killed me for a minute, bro thought they ate 🤭

[@shadowbane7401]

goofy ahh comment

[@BlueEditz0]

I personally never really used “Goofy Ahh” as a way to like form sentences but like I just used it to be funny around my friends cause for us it’s like a joke

[@Hunter_528]

Every time a fellow white person says that shit i just imagine them saying its goofy and then like an awkward little scream thing lmao

[@aftlover]

@@Hunter_528as a white person, yes (i have never said that in my life)

[@ChewingGore]

I’m black. Light skinned but I am black and it’s very obvious. I don’t usually speak with AAVE but with certain phrases, I do. I’m not going to pretend I’ve never used it incorrectly or more exaggerated than I norma would because that would be a lie. One of the worst things about this appropriation is that people refuse to admit that they were wrong, that it’s treated like a “trend”. It’s disrespectful and upsetting.

[@LapiTheHuman]

Off topic but I love your pfp! That pic of cleo is super cute!

[@zynt4xx]

Words change. People don't use "spiffy" anymore.

[@AquaJV]

@@zynt4xxwtf are you talking about

[@Zakgo_]

The only Aave phrase that I Intentionally misuse is "Pause" . Usually you use it when someone says something unintentionally homoerotic. The way i use it isn't limited to that, I use it to things that I see that is out of pocket in general.

[@underthedice1231]

Isn't that 2nd use just the default way? It might be because in my language, we use "n'ten" (=attend=wait) and "pose" (=pause=drop [it]=put it down for a sec) for that use so the second usage is rather intuitive to me.

[@OGseoulite]

That’s still the correct usage so you good

[@mochaismilk]

It's still good. Pause is like another way of saying "hold up"

[@lacvna.]

honestly it's mostly the second usage. it's just mostly the first because the homoerotic stuff is usually out of pocket 😭 but it's never really been limited to that

[@victorythecreator]

My only problem is now they finna figure out how to use it correctly 😭

[@beaubell5638]

AINT!!!😂😂😂

[@louisachalarca6494]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’ll have a layer of mayo still even white and mixed Latine people you can tell you can tell. Talking like ur from New York sounds like an annoying Italian American always not a damn minstrel show

[@nevada2765]

Why is that wrong

[@shadowbane7401]

i know how finna works

[@phillipanselmo8540]

​@shadowbane7401 you want a cookie as a prize?

[@Silver_drag0n]

Ok I'm not black but if you steal a language/dialect at LEAST have the decency to use it correctly 💀

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

No such thing as stealing a language do you have any idea how dumb that sounds

[@anomalousanimates]

gyatt: was just a way of saying god in the term goddamn, now reduced to referring to ass

[@AfroGothixa]

@@anomalousanimatesLITERALLY

[@Srakch]

Never in my mind, would a country that embodies a metropolitan cultural melting pot, call cultural exchange STEALING. You morons are cooked.

[@csrjjsmp]

They’re just making it their own that’s how language works

[@welcometofardio]

I've seen people call AAVE TikTok slang and it's genuinely sad

[@startaru]

the incredible OVERUSE of it on tiktok is fucking mind boggling and it makes me full body cringe, especially when you can see on their profile that they're white. for like a year i misused it because i wasnt doing any research, but ive learned that 1. it wasnt funny in the first place and 2. i can speak any thought in my head without it. also, faking a blaccent is a whole nother thing. thats insane 😭

[@lost360p]

Just saw a white kid said "I can feel the sigma inside me ahh indian bluds" and i almost got cancer

[@masterclassbeatassclapyour7698]

​@@lost360pwish you dude g

[@teddypanda9068]

Wow. Someone is clearly a racist. Join the clan, jerk.

[@cinnarollinq]

@@lost360pwhat.

[@welcometofardio]

@@lost360pwhat does this even mean Edit: I think they're saying ""I can feel the sigma inside me" ahh Indians bluds" I think Indian bluds means Indian bros which doesn't make much sense with how blud is usually used

[@hello_04]

What he’s actually referring to is AAVE slang. AAVE has the ability to be spoken and understood by various generations to one another-all while the younger ones use AAVE created slang . If that makes sense. Much of AAVE is coded language for good reason-We’re descendants of American chattel slavery 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@Jay-Kay-Buwembo]

🙏🏿 🙏🏿 🙏🏿

[@UshioKiss]

but isn't slang inherently part of a vernacular based on the definition of it being everyday language?

[@shaeisgae8952]

​@@UshioKiss as I understand that's why some people advocate for removing the V and just refering to it as AAE, but I'm white and still pretty uneducated so I can't speak on that

[@Abcdefg-tf7cu]

Saying that AAVE "has the ability to be spoken and understood by various generations" is just a trueism that doesn't need to be pointed out. It is English. By definition, it is mutually intelligible with all other English dialects. American English is mutually intelligible with Carribian English, which is mutually intelligible with British English. It's all the same language.

[@lucyla9947]

​​@@Abcdefg-tf7cu Actually not necessarily. Obvious Case: Scottish English. Scots is considered another language, but it is on a spectrum with Scottish English, an English Dialect. And it's up for debate on where the dividing line between Scots and Scottish English exactly is, and depending on what distinction you use, some heavy forms of Scottish English may actually be so different to be unintelligible while still being technically English not Scots. (And before you bring up Scots Gaelic, that's a separate thing from both).

[@five.of.hearts]

something I’ve never understood is people who r actively being racist AND simultaneously using aave?? you know where it comes from right?? 😭😭

[@loveinstars]

NO LITERALLY or racist alternative people like??? do you know history?? where do you think all the music and fashion you like came from…..

[@happybalint]

It's giving homophobic people listening to freddie mercury

[@zynt4xx]

Yes, white people; it comes from white slave owners. That's where it came from. Now, I understand what you mean, but you should say "you know who it is most used by and what it stands for".

[@invaderzim6207]

@@loveinstarsexactly😭

[@FishbedMyBeloved]

​@@loveinstars racism is not based on reason.

[@spinny-kitten]

a thing that sucks is that us people of another countries (not immigrants, rather people born and raised in a country that isn't and it still isn't the USA) trying to learn english it sets us up for failure. what thing is wrong or right in language socially and grammatically wise is very hard when we tend to learn from others to become fluent. if someone says things in a malicious way or context many of us can't tell and adopt it to our vocabulary. it sucks a lot and it makes it harder to unlearn especially because we aren't aware of the full context.

[@maffieduran]

Exactly. I've gotten called out in the past for "appropriating" Aave when I was not born in the USA nor I've spent time there past a week at DisneyWorld, all the english I know come from learning from others, not to mention I incorporate/translate lingo from my birth language that does sound like aave. It's never maliciously, assuming I do it like so is a microaggression in itself

[@Sol-oy6nn]

Literally, my first language is spanish, and I can't spot the difference between the two "ahh" s . Help.

[@maffieduran]

@@Sol-oy6nn I speak spanish and I sometimes have the same problem

[@fulana_de_tal]

true, it really sucks to not know if my vocabulary doesn't make any sense because i might be copying people who have no idea of what they're saying and i don't have a complete frame of reference, i think i'll just try to avoid incorporating expressions from now on, i don't think nobody cares if i talk like someone who just woke up from a century long nap but says "like" between every other word (just carrying vices over from my native language but like translating them a bit) At least i got that "ahh" was supposed to mean "ass" :| little win for me i guess

[@jay.u]

Why is appropriating a thing though? Everyone should be allowed to learn and speak a language, as a foreigner I do not understand this weird gatekeeping.

[@Shin1_gamii]

VIDEO BUSSIN’

[@MrTombombodil]

The fact Google is prompting me to "Translate [this] to English" is... woof.

[@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024]

PLEASE! 💀😭

[@dan_asd]

@@MrTombombodil The english translation tells me this video is a bus. Interesting. I must research the taste of bus tires now

[@MonicaSpears-y3o]

@@MrTombombodilit’s funny

[@ThinkpieceTribe]

7:10 LMAO I didn't know you put me in this video dawg this is a great piece about the disrespect of AAVE you got something going here please keep going!!

[@hollow5359]

i thought this had like 200k views until i scrolled down, quality vid

[@olioverr]

*tyty i appreciate it!!*

[@Nevermind-xq1iz]

this video was very informative, as a white person from a non-english speaking country i had no idea most of those words were AAVE, i just thought they were regular slangs so i often used some of them on my speech. now i will be more careful and respectful, thank you very much for your research and video 😁😁😁

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

You're fine to use it normally. No one that goes outside regularly cares if you do. It's cool you're trying to be respectful though

[@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou]

​@@Timmy-mi2ef imagine saying people are being terminally online for not wanting their culture disrespected.

[@totsuit7518]

@@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYouimagina feeling disrespected because someone said a word from your culture without bad faith because it’s not his native language

[@Boohurghhoo]

@@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYouit’s ppl like this always speaking for the majority while still trying to act like they’re speaking individually (not you who you responded to) 😑🙄 some ppl will feel a way, some ppl won’t. but for ppl like whoever that is to get on the internet with bs like that all throughout the comment section..😪

[@pestopasto834]

HELP EVERYTIME YOU SAID "SIS" I THOUGHT LIKE "CISGENDER" 😭😭

[@Shmeeby9411]

i kept thinking the same thing lmao

[@pestopasto834]

@@Shmeeby9411 real 😿🙏

[@masterclassbeatassclapyour7698]

Ya'll some weirdos

[@pyro-b6e]

madoka pfp!!

[@kejjywejjy]

LMFAOAOAOAAOOAOA

[@totallytoni5951]

ate the house boots down kunty queen😍😍

[@spitefulchandelier]

Thank you for taking the time and energy to educate us even though it is not in any way your responsibility or job /g i clicked on your video because it was recommended under a video and i learned a lot! I will keep those words out of my and my friends/family's vocabulary to the best of my abilities.

[@spitefulchandelier]

Also, the third link from the section of the carrd was incredibly useful as well, and I sent it to some friends. To any other white folks, I'd encourage you to do the same.

[@ITNoetic]

What that woman was doing halfway through reminds me of a Jamaican term, "twang." It's a verb that means that they can't consistently maintain a Jamaican accent as they slip back and forth between that and whatever other region they've spent a lot of time in, or people they've spent time around, sometimes several times per sentence. And they may not even realize they're doing it because their brains are automatically filling in the blanks left by the gaps in their knowledge of how to sound when they speak. There's a white Jamaican youtuber by the name of sidequestz who does it whenever he talks to a white or American person. Compare how he speaks to Jamaicans vs how he speaks when being interviewed by western media. It's hilarious! He's trying to make himself understandable to non-Jamaicans, but his brain forces him to stop it over and over, and it's just the funniest thing. There's a whole thing of making fun of kids when they come back to Jamaica from a trip abroad, as they're the most likely to do it. Anyway, I have to say that's the first time I've heard an American twang AAVE, and it put a grimace on my face that didn't leave until she stopped talking.

[@lucyandecember2843]

I have this issue in my native language due to moving around a lot lol

[@Ibukization]

In linguistics the same idea is called Code Switching

[@ITNoetic]

@@Ibukization nope, code switching is done on purpose. Twang is emergent from living among different cultures

[@csrjjsmp]

It’s just code switching everyone does it

[@ITNoetic]

@@csrjjsmp not sure how else to put it. Code switching is intentional due to a desire to be understood. Twang is unintentional and due to suddenly and significantly changing your environment for a while. Move to the deep south and you might come back with some drawl in your speech that you can't get rid of. Move abroad from a Caribbean country and there are certain things you will always say in your original dialect no matter how hard you try to assimilate

[@udgeyjudge4289]

Honestly had no idea "goofy ahh" was AAVE I just thought it was a censored spelling of "ass" for tiktok censorship and people started pronouncing it that way as a joke this has been very educational thank you

[@nicolovespanda]

People used to say ahh all the time on roblox so it wouldn't get censored LOL But these ppl are fucking parrots and just type ahh constantly even if ass is completely allowed

[@erikvan5600]

when gyatt hit the mainstream i was confused for a minute before i realized theyre tryna say gyatdamn, but completely botched the meaning, thinking it meant butt 🤦

[@erikvan5600]

its like a complete observationional understanding of the word with no nuance. its not that hard to understand -coming from someone white

[@zynt4xx]

It's linguistics; when a word's meaning changes from its original depiction.

[@OVXX666]

words change in meaning. they get diluted as it becomes more popular. a lot of my friends were horrified by the way i used the word "based" because they just thought it meant i agreed with something

[@Abcdefg-tf7cu]

I live in a city that is 2/3 black and have never heard anyone say "gyatdam" in my life. I've heard "gah dam" and "got dam," but never "gyat." Saying "gyat" sounds like a white person doing a racist impression of a black person.

[@izakaii]

⁠@@Abcdefg-tf7cuI think it came from a black streamer who typed it out as “gyat” instead of “gah damn”. His community was making fun of it and it got popular in the mainstream.

[@taeynv_]

Kpop songs that misuses AAVE so bad make me cringe to the core

[@thesaintnoodle]

south korea have been stealing from afro american culture for decades lol

[@user-bkey]

there are kpop songs that use it?? omg

[@taeynv_]

@@user-bkey welcome to k-pop, it's been misused for A WHILE 😭

[@zynt4xx]

K-Pop missuses English in general. Welcome to K-Pop

[@smelly1060]

It's undoubtedly fucked up but at LEAST they have the excuse of not living in the same country the dialect is from unlike some these people😂

[@liaharmony9195]

you're literally so right. I see so many people online saying they think these aave words are just "internet slang" and completely misusing them or making fun of them, and it's a mix of irritating and second-hand embarassment

[@jaylanthompson]

The way it’s been 2 years since this dropped and it’s only gotten worse 😭

[@bichimi]

As someone who isn't a native English speaker and who learned english from the Internet the idea of accidentaly doing a "black accent" and missusing AAVE is mortifying Like i learned english through copying a bunch of ppl and their slang in order to pass better as a fluent speaker online so probably happened a lot before Realy wishing 14yo me had the brains to not assimilate and use slang like its nothing I mean at least my dumbass mostly learned the AAVE that i know through black folks so theres that

[@lucyandecember2843]

Same lol

[@kemonitokusuri7076]

Same like I thought it was part of gay culture or some sort of shortening of words or actually a phrase that people suddenly use more often so I learn it without full context and have now probably set it on my vocabulary

[@smelly1060]

This is fine and commendable, the issue is people that live in the country where the shit is natively spoken and can probably walk out the door and find someone that genuinely speaks AAE but will still butcher it and/or call it "tiktok slang", like what's your fucking excuse🤦🏿‍♂️

[@12DAMDO]

i still don't know how and when we went from gyat dayum to associating gyat with thiccness

[@dorongrossman-naples9207]

"Gyatt" is a Russian word for ass

[@junginys]

@@dorongrossman-naples9207 its not

[@quirkyblackenby]

Goddamn is a common response to seeing an attractive woman lol

[@somanygoodfandoms]

White person here, I thought it was ahh (pronounced the same as ass), since, y'know, that makes sense, but then I kept hearing a bunch of white people on tt and yt say ahh (pronounced like when the doctor tells you to open your mouth and got so confusedddd, thank god I came across this, I don't wanna be more ignorant about this type of thing

[@krismover]

that "LEAN IS A DRUG?????" tweet has been haunting my head for the past few years. easily the worst thing ive ever seen anyone say in my life, its almost brilliant how illogically stupid it is. almost.

[@zynt4xx]

oh no, people don't know things. how scary? I'm sorry the user is fourteen and not an active user of the drug community no one in africa knows what lean is and they're all black.

[@clumsyninja925]

I didn't know about lean. Not that crazy.

[@MusicComet]

​@@clumsyninja925 Same, I never heard of lean before the memes because I'm not natively American.

[@pwixie]

its actually soo cringe to hear it 😭 being the only black friend in a friend group and constantly hearing them missue aave is not for the weak. i almost died of cringe seriously 😭

[@zynt4xx]

then only have black friends.

[@jayIG]

isnt y2k when people were afraid that devices that ran on MM/DD/YY or DD/MM/YY would break on 2000

[@loveinstars]

yeah but it can also refer to the year 2000 in general, especially the fashion from the early 2000s that was mostly created by black people (ie afro futurism)

[@jayIG]

@@loveinstars oh thats cool the more you know

[@zynt4xx]

@@loveinstars Not really. Y2K is a fashion that evolved by itself. It chose aspects from the 2000s, mostly worn by the wealthy, and wore scene core clothes took from other aesthetics and called it Y2K. Think those who listen to Odetari and 9lives etc.

[@kissbitten]

​@@zynt4xx no.. that is jus all wrong lol.. scene was developed in the mid-late 00s.. & is also something totally different. y2k was developed & died out in the late 90s & early 00s. like literally the first 3 years into the 00s & the last 3 years of the 90s. y2k is a specific, afro futuristic trend that died out very quickly. a good example of y2k fashion/aesthetic would be TLC, specifically their album fanmail. the cover, the music videos (think no scrubs), the fashion, etc. it was a cyber-futuristic aesthetic infused with 90s elements/influences. it has absolutely NOTHING to do with odetari, 9lives (who are like 2020 era music artists...?😭😭) or any of that tiktok-esque music. however an artist/song that does the y2k-vibe justice is essosa- specifically her song waste my time. & y2k didn't "choose aspects from the 2000s" because it died out (i personally believe the trend passed alongside aaliyah, rest in peace.) before what you loosely consider 00s fashion lol. you're thinking of mcbling, which was "mostly worn by the wealthy" if you're referring to paris hilton or any other celebrity/rich teenager from that era.

[@zynt4xx]

@@kissbitten I think I understand what ur saying. Sorry and thanks for the music recommendations. I'm thinking of Y2K, the style that I keep seeing that has nothing to do with the 2000s. Like, people are saying Odetari is 2000s/Y2K, when he's not to the point y2k is its own thing

[@saintawol]

yo this hard, when i saw that u have 230 subs i was SHOCKED. you have good shit. YOU GONNA BLOWWW

[@olioverr]

*i preciate it. ty for the support*

[@voseybeans]

As a queer white passing person queer white people acting like their slang is original will never cease to amaze me. like please just do like two seconds of research.

[@Lemoncakelover678]

The amount of queer people doing aave and not even correctly is crazy.

[@zynt4xx]

"AAVE" slang terms like slay began from the queer community, lol.

[@rosarolli]

​@@zynt4xxclose but actually no. It came from House culture, which is a queer subculture of mostly black and brown queers.

[@brandonszpot8948]

Just some insight from the perspective of linguistics: This process that you’re seeing unfold is not unique to AAVE or English in general. Vernaculars that come into contact with each other bleed over and exchange words and grammar throughout time. One thing that’s important to note about AAVE and it’s contact with other American English dialects is that this contact is fairly recent. For most of the history of American English, people were mostly socialized (and separated) by race. It’s only recently that large-scale social change has led to more linguistic exchange between various racialized dialects, especially those of white and black American English speakers. Languages constantly evolve over thousands of years, and what we’re witnessing right now is a form of this evolution. The end result will probably something like a general synthesis between AAVE and GAE. Note I use the word ‘general’, because obviously there will still be regional variance. Of course this isn’t destined to occur, it all depends on how much previously segregated black communities integrate with the nearby white ones. If the process of desegregation continues, then it’s basically a certainty that AAVE and GAE are going to become less distinct from one another. Not to mention how the Internet shapes language exchange, something that still can’t be fully understood because it hasn’t been occurring for that long.

[@caoyuann]

This

[@nerds-nonsense]

What ur insight is missing is the distinction between cultural appreciation/exchange nd cultural appropriation. Niggas sound “ignorant” nd caint be understood when we speak it but as soon as the white mans on some shit then it suddenly acceptable nd perfectly understandable nd credited to any group but the one tht creased the whole vernacular.

[@vindemia]

That’s interesting and makes a lot of sense!

[@zynt4xx]

Man, I love linguistics.

[@tikki2340]

The internet’s part in this process has been so fascinating to me. Because I would imagine that it speeds up this process and complicates it more. Since most of our historical examples of dialects moving is from direct contact. But now we see mass media allowing them to move from consumption (more likely caused by mass media in general, not specifically social media and internet access)

[@yaakarkad]

I’m white and I genuinely thought “goofy ahh” was pronounced that way 💀

[@UshioKiss]

literally how long have you been on the internet because goofy ass has been around way before goofy ahh. (like I mean obviously that's where it comes from but I mean like enough for people to have seen it and be able to connect them)

[@yaakarkad]

​@@UshioKiss Well the thing is, I've heard "goofy ass" before, but I'm not THAT familiar with "goofy ahh", only variations of it. Like, I'll listen to a beat someone posted on youtube, and one of the comments will say "cowboy riding the sunset ahh type-beat" or something like that that ends with "ahh type-beat". I didn't realize ahh meant ass, I just thought it was a little comical flourish and rationalized it in that way. So when I later saw "Goofy ahh" I connected it to the "ahh type-beat" thing, not "goofy ass". Plus I don't use tiktok and the spaces I usually am in online don't really use this type of language so even "goofy ass" I never really registered as a standalone expression. idk if this makes sense.

[@starlydonati2008]

7:03 I totally get what you mean with it not making sense, but I can’t count the times I’ve seen people saying “I’m eating your art rn” or “thanks for the food” in reference to art of a rarepair or something. I don’t doubt that it’s partially due to misunderstanding and misuse, but knowing what it actually means makes me think it fits into this “art as food” metaphor quite neatly. Synesthetic thinking is a powerful thing, even if it’s not strong enough for a diagnosis.

[@loveinstars]

usually when i see comments like that they’re not referring to wanting to “eat someone’s art” they just genuinely think bussin means somethings good

[@rimut230]

yeah seconding the person above me. the connection can be made but most of the time it's just people thinking bussin means "amazing" or "is good" but it's not really that

[@starlydonati2008]

Thank you both for explaining how it’s used in a way that isn’t what I thought. I don’t typically see it being used either correctly or misused so I was going off of what was closest from my experience. It reminded me of the “art as food” thing even if that wasn’t what was happening.

[@misoball]

there's also a popular anecdote from the author of Where The Wild Things Are, where he responded to a kid's fanmail by sending him art and a thank you back. then the kid's mother wrote him back and said that her kid liked the art so much he ate it. and the author said it was basically the highest form of praise. so i know at least some people are referencing this when they say they want to eat art

[@starlydonati2008]

@@misoball oh! I didn’t know any specific anecdote was being referenced but I suppose that’s how language evolves. Generalizing the specific (and sometimes the opposite).

[@estebanlabulle649]

as a linguist, I love studying AAVE but the territory is a dangerous one to walk.

[@chipotlesnumber1stan]

just watched a gen z courtroom video and 99% of the ‘slang’ was just aave…

[@circusten]

Not being black, I obviously can't even begin to speak on any of this with authority but the entire point of this video was so well-articulated for something that shouldn't need to be said at all 💀💀and I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to make it anyway 💕 The kind of casual disrespect so many people have for these kinds of coded dialects is frustrating to me in a way that I know is a grain of fuckin' sand compared to what POC regularly have to put up with. I found your channel through your recent neo-pronouns video which was excellently stated as well so I pretty much ended up subscribing immediately ahaha 💖 I look forward to hearing more of your perspective regardless of the topic ^^ much love from one fellow queer person to another

[@tikki2340]

Will never stop thinking about how I heard a gay white say “um chi-lay anyways” with complete sincerity. Like that specific phrase’s popularity on the internet is from a Nikki Minaj live where she PRONOUNCES THE WORD CORRECTLY HOW DO WE STILL FUCK IT UP

[@umbra1948]

I knew two Latino kids who wouldn’t stop using the phrase “Cap” among other AAVE phrases and I had to share a school block (class) with them for an entire year. I may not be Black (I’m Asian) but it was actually the worst because I knew if I called them out on it they were going to start acting like I was being annoying 😭 and I knew this from experience too bc they got in trouble for saying homophobic shit after I reported them and they were so condescending and disrespectful to me afterwards when our teacher tried to host this poorly supervised meeting for us to talk out our “issues” when the only issue was that they were literally being bigoted and were refusing to own up to it.

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

Yes you're being annoying if you tried to call them out on it. I say this as a black person myself.

[@keceti9606]

if you calling mfs out for using the word cap then u annoying

[@pptenshi3900]

many latinos grow up in majority black communities and are used to aave so yeah if ur just annoyed at them saying “cap” then maybe just. deal w it 😭

[@Boohurghhoo]

@@pptenshi3900sad mentality tbh..

[@Boohurghhoo]

One thing abt intersectionality and interpolations is that’s it’s not always great, esp overtime. Nobody wants to hear someone saying the same shit over and over again, esp if they have their own problems with them. Cap isn’t the worst word to say, but one thing abt it is-it’s super fucking annoying. I’m curious tk what the other words or phrases they’ve used are tho. Also when dealing with situations like this always learn from the source and try to apply it then-and not just one tiny part from the source, generally get a good amount accredited from multiple parts in the source. And hopefully, NOT the individual parts (of said source) like the ones responding to you prior-that gets everyone nowhere fast 😊

[@alliekya]

honestly i've known of some misuses but there are a lot more shown here that just makes me stunned also your editing is amazing love that

[@Noah-lo9vb]

Dude the fuckin gen z hospital snl skit

[@thirdwheel9938]

That's how I found out people were calling aave "gen z slang" 🙃 How tf is 'cuh' ""gen z slang"",that skit sucked ass and really showed people's ignorance on the subject

[@Noah-lo9vb]

@@thirdwheel9938 Genuinely painful to watch

[@Lionfrog13]

I remember in high school when I was in theatre and it was one of the first times I had been in community with a lot of black people. I remember how I spoke changing around them. I did it intentionally because I didn’t want to be “the white girl who sticks out” but as I got older I realized that my friends liked me for me. I think cultural exchange is important, but the first step is to recognize that if you view your peers not as people but as dialects and stereotypes it hurts both of you because you won’t be able to form genuine connections.

[@zynt4xx]

really, this video portrays teens who speak like this is a negative light, though many just want conformity.

[@oceanlotion2905]

My mom lived in a black low-income neighborhood north of Detroit (she's white). She learned AAVE at a young age since that was how her teachers and friends at school spoke. Her parents weren't sure if it was the right way to speak or not, since they are both immigrants and had a skewed perception of how Americans speak. When she grew up, her older siblings told her that it wasn't right to speak the same way as her friends did, since they were different races. Though a lot of time has passed since then, you can still hear a slight "accent" in her voice, but it's barely noticeable.

[@sofiane1437]

I mean she lived and grew up with black people and learned from them why should she not use their words she knows their meanings so why not and who cares if shes white or not shes free to do whatever she wants

[@oceanlotion2905]

@@sofiane1437 I’m just sharing her story since this conversation is a bit more nuanced.

[@mikey.love.]

In all honesty that’s completely fine. The way you speak and interpret words is mostly based on where you live. She naturally adapted to her neighborhood and adopted the accent because of where she lived. That’s normal; it’s not forced. It’s how she grew up talking. That’s different from forcing an accent to sound more exotic or to hop on a trend.

[@deucedeucerims]

I’m letting you know black people would probably very easily tell she actually speaks AAVE Honestly when white people speak it fluently it’s kinda comforting cause I know I don’t need to code switch

[@oceanlotion2905]

@@deucedeucerims That’s true. From what I see, white people can’t hear it, but black people easily pick up on it and always ask her where she’s from.

[@nellorchronicles377]

As a white person one of the hardest things when it comes to processing the racial reality of society is being willing to admit you are wrong. I have embarrassed myself innumerable times due to my own ignorance and insensitivity. Do I give up? Do I get all defensive and snappy at well meaning people simply setting boundaries and correcting me? No. You will mess up. But being in the wrong and learning is far better than doubling down on your ignorance.

[@daddydevito4405]

A note that I want to add onto this already great vid: One of the biggest things with AAE is not even necessarily the individual word usage, or misusage (although that is a BIG aspect) but more the grammar usage. Like someone could know all the vocab (so to speak) but if they don't organize it a certain way then you just know, as you said. In addition to people word-vomiting shit out there's also grammatical rules. See use of "be." I.e. "I be doing my homework" which will confuse non AAE speakers if I were to ask them was that past tense, present tense, or future tense. Regional shit also comes into play like I grew up in the Bronx so "deadass" was a part of my vocab waaay before it spread online. Even "Yurrr" I remember using in middle school (2011) but if you were to look it up on urban dictionary you'll only see entries from like 2018 the earliest and a lot of them incorrectly defining it and/or ascribing it to "tiktok speak"

[@lucyandecember2843]

Was it.. past tense?👀

[@daddydevito4405]

@@lucyandecember2843 It’s all three. “I did my homework, I do my homework now, and I will continue doing my homework” its more commenting on the habit of being someone who does their homework (and reliably so).

[@tillburr6799]

@@lucyandecember2843 they gave a confusing answer. “Be” in this case just means (habit) i be doing my homework = “im in the habit of doing my homework” It doesn’t actually mean you’re doing it, it means you’re in the habit of it. “It be like that” = “its often the case that this is how things are”

[@Abcdefg-tf7cu]

The phrase "I be doing my homework" has never confused anyone. It is neither past tense, nor future tense. It is present participle. You do know that AAVE is still Entlish, and therefore mutually intelligible with all other dialects of English, right? You are not speaking another language. You are speaking English, which means all other English speakers can perfectly understand everything you say. You're not bilingual just because you say "be doing" instead of "am doing."

[@daddydevito4405]

@@Abcdefg-tf7cu “has never confused anyone” “because you say ‘be doing’ instead of ‘am doing’” The irony is just *chef’s kiss*

[@Aster_Risk]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It's really good and a lot of people need to watch this and truly listen.

[@Mr_Bawon]

This video is VERY needed...

[@fearoffrying]

""""Gen Z slang"""""" is probably a big reason zoomers irritate the shit out of me.

[@abocwsg2328]

as a linguist, AAVE is definiteley one of my favorite dialects of English, along with Irish English.

[@calci2679]

Sidenote, your editing is impeccable

[@userfum]

update they found "unc"

[@COLORMIND.mp4]

nigga you fuckin hilarious i choked on my weed

[@KarlSchroeder-ei4rf]

i use some aave in my regular vocab because I grew up in the south and around black people 😭

[@thirdwheel9938]

I mean yeah the place you grew up in is obvs gonna affect the way you talk and while that's natural and much more better than seeing aave as a "tiktok Gen z thing", most people are not gonna be able to tell you apart from the average non-black using aave Tldr: I think it's natural if you heard/used it a lot growing up, it's just that nobody is going to have the context unless you tell them. Hope that helped/gen

[@MigWith]

​@@thirdwheel9938 why do we gotta separate people cause of color? bro grew like that, and talks like that, let bro be

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

​@@MigWith Most people don't care. Unless you're in a liberal arts class or something

[@rimut230]

​​@@MigWithit's not the problem w this person, it's more those that try to look cool or fake it because they believe in stereotypes or misuse it, erase its history. and then get defensive

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

As a linguist, people need to understand the difference between slang and AAE. even though slang words are sometimes taken from AAE, thats not always true, and its the structure of the ret of the sentence that matters.the misuse of our dialect is disturbingly FRUSTRATING.we just cant ever have shit. but when the koreans do it........ they took our fried chicken and added a sauce, took our music and started dancing, but its okay. let rebrand it as kPop when its quite literally Hip hop with some ariana grande influence.

[@Palestinewillbefree0006]

The Korean thing is so true but no one’s ready for that

[@selenite3890]

korea also took corn dogs and pizza and mexican street corn just like japan took ramen and gyoza from china and america took burgers from germany dude cultural foods get synthesized through different cultures all the time. that’s why american chinese food and american mexican food still exist. in korea, korean fried chicken isn’t known as a korean invention, it’s american food. and now here it’s known as the korean version of an american thing because that’s what it is. it’s american inspired korean food. ramen is chinese inspired japanese food. i would even go so far as saying pizza and american style chinese food are american things. if a culture changes something from another culture, it’s theirs, just another version of it. like japan made the first instant ramen but are you gonna say that shin ramyeon and buldak aren’t korean? also, if you think kpop is just hip hop, you haven’t listened to kpop. there is no damn way you can hear lucky girl syndrome by illit and think “yep thats hip hop right there total ariana grande influence 100%”

[@selenite3890]

@@Palestinewillbefree0006 hamburgers (german) ramen (chinese) gyoza (chinese) corn cheese (mexican) pasta (chinese) jjajangmyeon (chinese) apple pie (english)

[@NicoNotPig]

kpop is just... korean music?? nobody stole music from anyone. why don't we date back all music to bach then?

[@selenite3890]

@@NicoNotPig me telling people rescene should be crediting hip hop

[@skullettee]

when i saw that there’s a 2 year old video with the word gyatt in it, i realized it might be time to retire ts

[@star6teen]

My main curiosity is the intersectionality of AAVE and how it crosses over into the south and the queer community. Since AAVE was mainly popularized in the south and (to my knowledge) blended southern phonetics and some slang (i.e. "y'all), as well as "queer slang" being created by black queer people, does that mean that southern people and queer people are still in sort of a grey area, or is there something else that I'm missing. I mainly ask since I'm a white, pansexual, trans man from the south who has used at least some AAVE (more specifically the cross-over area between AAVE, southern "slang" and queer "slang") throughout my lifetime, since I grew up around people of many different racial and ethnic backgrounds and got into local queer communities almost instantly once I knew that I was gay (< using as an umbrella term) and trans. I assume that I just picked it up from the people around me when I was young. I just wanted to know what the boundaries are around that, and if I need to try and back off on any usage of any terms. Great video btw!

[@olioverr]

Like i said, it depends on the person you meet. I personally dont have a problem with people using AAVE, just as long as you use it correctly and recognize its origins👍🏾

[@masterclassbeatassclapyour7698]

Fruity culture came from black women tf is a "Queer" culture

[@stephanos6128]

southern queer black folk exist. most queer slang is aave (or even black creole), some queer slang originate from black (queer) women of the south, and some of them don't like aave usage from nonblack ppl just like any other black person queer or cishet. at best the "southern dialect" is some form of aave in origin considering black women raised white slave owners kids. so i wouldn't call it a blend either also funfact the first drag ball in america was started by a queer black slave in the south forgot his name ill get back to you on that. like if youre southern you use southern dialects i cant really stop you (and even then as someone with sotuhern family white and black cus of a mixed fmaily, theres still a Huge distinction between white southern dialscts and southern AAVE and you can kinda tell when some white guys misusing it by grammar) but i think the boundary is more so know and unsertsand the history of southern dialects are indeed from slavery too. and black queers always existed in the south. Sunn Mccheaux talks about these things, hes a black lingustic man from South Carolina and his native language Gullah can be found in southern dialects and AAVE he also supports queer people i reccomend searching his stuff before asking him questions tho

[@masterclassbeatassclapyour7698]

@@stephanos6128 Tldr "queer slang is just aave from black women

[@straberryshinigami15g97]

this comment highlights the whole problem of it. First off, ONE black person does not speak for all. This question reminds me of the question of the n word pass. It’s the similar to “my best friends cousin is Black, and he’s ok with me saying this word, so…” it’s immediately centering the white voices in this conversation , which we tend to do. That’s not the point of the discussion

[@graey13]

thank you for making this! i’ve been struggling to understand aave, and how to use it, and this rlly helped!

[@drxwswonder6449]

5:03 ‼️‼️ YALL ARE NOT HEARING HIM‼️‼️

[@elena3941]

Dude, I'm not even a native English speaker, and I'm so annoyed by the constant misuse of AAVE online

[@ImLostAtSeaDontBotherMe]

To be honest, I’ve never picked up on AAVE slang because in my corner of Britland, it’s mainly a mix of Muslim Pakistanis and White people (me being Indian). I do find the “goofy ahh” thing funny, because the wrong pronunciation would make sense if you were trying to censor “arse”, therefore that is actually how I head-read it until I heard someone say it aloud. I wonder what the differences are in the UK for AAVE speech, since I don’t really hear its influence unless I’m in London. Pretty much everyone here has a regional UK accent no matter the racial background, though that could be a code-switching thing, so the fact that there seems to be more community retention of an accent in the US is interesting.

[@madelynspindle8797]

Handshake on the corner of britland, id say a unique thing of British slang that mirrors aave is how alot of arabic words typically in the context of islam like mashallah or wallahi is used predominantly from those whos parents immigrates from islamic african countrys.

[@madelynspindle8797]

Another factor is the response to "where are you from?" in the uk versus America, in the uk we typically understand that as "where did your parents come from" and respond likewise e.g. Poland, bangladesh, pakistan, even if you second or third generation, where ive most americab immigrants dont have a similiar response (which is most likely due to how alot of those familys arrives in the us, namely slavery or escaping world wars like the jewish community

[@madelynspindle8797]

Mispelt so much sorry for blowing up your replys 😓

[@ImLostAtSeaDontBotherMe]

@@madelynspindle8797 It’s fine, mate. That’s an interesting observation about the “where are you from?” question. Online I’ll automatically say I’m British, but then I’ll go back and forth on mentioning being Indian.

[@LunaKitpi]

it's so weird listening to older songs made by black people since I often hear words that a lot of people use in the modern day as "newer" slang which honestly goes to show how much people steal from cultures that aren't theirs, it's insane

[@Mark-xw5yt]

I'm black but sometimes I feel uncomfortable about AAVE cuz I learned a lot of it online. Like, I definitely grew up around a lot of other black people who used AAVE and definitely at least 50% of it is from that. But icl, a lot of the new slang I'm learning is straight from the internet these days. I mean, at least I know when AAVE is AAVE because I actually watch black creators. But idk, this conversation just makes me paranoid about whether I'm using something wrong lol. And then I watch these videos to make sure I'm not doing something wrong

[@zynt4xx]

you should'nt worry too much about that. Rather than conforming to a dialect, make your own vocabulary. As an African girl, I was always told (by older black women, mind you) that I speak "proper" or "white". It was so weird. but, I nowadays adopt my speech from youtubers I watch and a little bit from the internet.

[@theedemigawd]

What's annoying me is a few people in the comments have been insisting that this issue is all "linguistics" and that AAE will just eventually become GAE but genuinely fail to understand that 1) the misuse and misunderstanding of a cultural dialect is not linguistics but misappropriation period. It's often done with historical texts of all cultures, and it's constantly corrected with advancements, so there is such a thing as wrong answers. 2) as mentioned in the video, nonblack people have the propensity to take things, overuse them, and then drop them once they've no longer enjoyed the shock value of them. It is not cultural; it's not reflexive, as shown in that girl forcing a black NYC accent but speaking "normally" in a different situation. It can't stick if not authentic. There is no way that our language can be globalized if the "general public" can't bring themselves to use it daily and only use it as a trend online or to provoke others. A whole group of people stole spices from a country but didn't use them. It is just constant senseless harm to pick people up and put them down like toys. So AAE will likely remain AAE for a long time and we have a right to demand people use it properly.

[@DarwinRoger893]

There's language changing vs. language appropriation. People use AAVE when they choose and fit and then drop it when it stops being cool.

[@reet7060]

This video has been recommended to me sooo many times over the course of 2 years 😂 always relevant

[@stigmatoxin1310]

they dont get that the "ss" in "ahh" is usually quiet. not necessarily silent, but quiet, unstressed as fuck...

[@MischieviousJirachi]

This video will forever be relevant

[@Noah-lo9vb]

The transition between the video and the editing portions are sooooo smooth, like the zoom out?? Holy shit

[@noahleeman2715]

well shit now that i've been educated on what AAVE is, i now know the mistake i've made without even knowing where i heard how my black best friend talked and i just used words like "deadass" "cap" "bet" and others i can't quite recall. (im white btw) live and learn fellas, just the way it goes

[@kjmusic99]

for your reference, “fellas” is also AAVE. non-black people (such as yourself and myself, 2 whites) can say folks instead to avoid the inappropriate appropriation of AAVE.

[@nerds-nonsense]

@@kjmusic99damn i never even tripped tht fellas is aave but it hella obviously lol

[@WellThatsDisappointing]

"FELLA" IS AAVE?!?!

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

​@@kjmusic99 Fellas is not AAVE there's literally 0 anything pointing towards that

[@Timmy-mi2ef]

You're free to use those words. Cool that you're putting in the though no to though

[@graycat7704]

This happens so many times. People come up to me and rant and then all of sudden they have a blacent. Like why is AAVE exclusively i'm in sassy mode. It's so cringe please stop and the thing is they do it around me because i'm black. They call me Sis and say preach it. Like please stop omfg

[@jaytriedhisworst]

OMORI TOO? oh nah im subbing bro's cultured as hell

[@Reverse_Cat_Cowgirl]

I think some non-black people who use AAVE don't realize that there is a language structure to it, and if not used correctly, it sounds like broken speech. I believe Chicano is like this too where there is a language structure to it that stems from Spanish. I am not black, but I grew up with people who spoke AAVE, and when I heard them talk to their family, it was clear to me that there was patterns and structure to it. I'm not a linguist, so I hope I what I'm trying to say makes sense.

[@Sqwirrel_Bonez]

7:00 to be fair, people have started to say that works they like taste good?? Like I have art accounts and people will comment stuff saying “your art tastes like skittles/cake/etc.” I don’t really get why tbf

[@aimingisnice7732]

it's cuz of synesthesia

[@JACK-OMARI]

You should formalize AAVE, teach it in schools use it in officess and just formall places, then it will be socially recognized as a dialect otherwise it'll be seen as bad english, or tittol or gen z slang

[@qwbanana]

you don’t need to teach a version of english in classes to legitimize it

[@JACK-OMARI]

@@qwbanana Well obviously if you create literature in your dialect it's going to be taught in learning institutions

[@gid8449]

💯💯💯 that’s the plan

[@JACK-OMARI]

@@gid8449 Good, can't wait

[@nerds-nonsense]

“Well we are going to be racist anyway so just bend over backwards for us and then maybe we’ll stop.”Bruh… shut up. We don’t need to change shit, white ppl do. We don’t need to conform to ur arbitrary standards for our shit to be seen as legitimate. It’s gen z slang even tho most of it has preceded gen z by hella years nd it’s formalized by them, but it can’t just be black ppl slang? I swear yall will suggest anything but changing yallselves

[@louisachalarca6494]

It’s early 2020s minstrel show the same way we watch Judy garland sing anthem will be how we watch these clips in the 2090s

[@estebanlabulle649]

trying to understand or use AAVE is just like trying to speak scottish or cockney or any american accent for that matter tho. It's learning more of a language I love but wasn't taught at birth. it's not about judging or trying to be someone i'm not but learning smth super interesting. (not that I can speak it but I still love to learn about it).

[@pyro143]

ok so i was originally just gonna comment about how artists would call an edit or a piece of art bussin if they knew what it meant (ill be honest, im white, i didnt realize it only applied to food before this video), given how often artists say they want to eat each other's art, but then i realized this video has less than 7k views and that is a crime! this is one of the best edited videos i've seen in a long while! you deserve so much more in terms of views and subscribers!

[@jaytriedhisworst]

machine girl transition goes stupid

[@Misha-mg8ml]

the claps 😭

[@jadrsc]

YOU GOTta put a jumpscare warning there 😭 that was too much to handle why is she talking like that

[@rosatheautie]

Thank you for saying this!

[@inspirational5462]

I just wish nbs stopped using aave it’s getting annoying asf

[@FreyW-mb2dj]

I assume you mean non-black people but it seemed like you meant non binary people

[@cinnarollinq]

@@FreyW-mb2djsame 😭

[@ReignStxrm]

i wondered this too when i tried to shorten non-binary. this is why we are called "Enby" to avoid the confusion ^^

[@tallemajas]

@@ReignStxrm tbh none of my nonbinary friends call themselves enbys, they use NB. i think enby is more of a young person, teenager term (my friends are early 20s). i've not seen NB used to mean non-black before

[@bladescervix]

Tell to stop being a thing that doesn’t exist please and ty 🐱🙏 it’s okay to be a tomboy or a girly guy doesn’t automatically make you something “in between” :3

[@SimplySorsha]

this goes too hard

[@WellThatsDisappointing]

I'm white and clueless. I hear these phrases used on the internet so much that it causes them to become a part of what I say. When there's a word that I hear used often, I'm not gonna go out of my way to research it. I just, well, learn, and that's something that happens subconsciously. Before now, I'd never once heard the context that something like "gyatt" wasn't just some new internet slang, so how would I have known it's actually someone else's word? If I'd not watched this video, I likely would have never have gotten the context. I never meant disrespect in the things I've said and I will definitely refrain from using AAVE in my every day speech now. (Also, is "yall" considered to be AAVE?)

[@WellThatsDisappointing]

i'm actually gonna be honest with this: when i used aave words, it was something i did all the time, not just sometimes. i'm just using the words i hear. these are things that have become rooted in my mind! for example, i find it genuinly difficulty to say something other than "yall." now that i know that i know there's a stigma around non black people using some words, im just scared to say anything from aave because i'll sound like an idiot, and worst of all, it might come off as racist. fella was a word that i thought was more of a british thing but it's not. and if i was this unaware about just aave, then waht else could i be doing taht i shouldn't?! i'm just so confused!! this is why i try not to go on the internet when im too tired to think!!!

[@stephanos6128]

yall is aave in a sense its originated from souther black people it became part of the souther white english lexicon due to slavery alot of souther dialect is from black English dialects. Sunn Mcheaux taoks about it hes a harvard linguistic

[@zynt4xx]

use whatever you like honestly. if you're that impressionable, you're probably young. kids do that. they pick up dictions from others. have fun with language and don't restrict yourself because you live in a country where people won't shut up about race, like it's as important as water.

[@stephanos6128]

@@zynt4xx considering a black woman woman had literally died over AAVE/AAE usage and basically due to racism at the end of the dya maybe there's a reason some of us are fed up with white ppl using our words but then get very mad whe *we* use our words. maybe stop killing us we'd be a lot nicer about how we fsel about yall using AAVE. maybe stop killing us in a country that will literally kill us over the color of our skin and the culture(s) that formed around that concept.

[@stephanos6128]

@@zynt4xx also some AAVE uses a reclaimed slur so if you really about that life, go on and use the n word if ya want. funny enough that lingustic man i brought up earlier made a video about that. wont be pretty but some of yall i think need a different wake up call cus talking and discussing this shit nicely aint doing it anymore

[@peacefulpep6164]

Have you seen unapologetic she is amazing at explaining this and even lists history and literature to read. I am trying to see everyone’s take on this subject and how we view this as a language. Also how we speak differently in front of different people. Sort of like I am at work right now so my speech is very different.

[@PIZZAdayisback]

Well, in order to stop committing cultural appropriation, i personally just speak with overly formal words mixed in Stuff like: "this is akin to"

[@thirdwheel9938]

That's funny af, I used to mix a lot of formal and informal speech when I was younger and others called me weird for it lmao

[@PIZZAdayisback]

@@thirdwheel9938 yeah, I'm also verbose at times because of it

[@Icanbarelyfinishpersonagames]

Born in 01 not american never been to america, but i hrew up listening to hip-hop and never got how people called aave gen z slang like bro people been saying these words.

[@Gmbwapo-Topic]

Sis chiiiilleee💀

[@aliennumber76482]

thanks for explaining. this educated me and I'll stop using aave now! thank you :))

[@zynt4xx]

I don't think you should. Don't stop speaking a certain way because some guy making a video with tweets as evidence at 2 AM says to stop. You are your own person. Besides, make your own dialect. Speak how you want to, however is natural to you.

[@sonatab2646]

Oh yes the good old fashioned "goofy ahhhh", indubitably one of the finest phrases in the English lexicon! Excuse me while I part off for a cup of tea, I'm feeling rather silly and would quite enjoy a moment of "goofy ahhhh".

[@ampisbadatthis]

I physically recoiled when I heard "goofy aww" like, wut? how do people think its pronounced like that?

[@bonkers1917]

I’m white and… yeah I’ve absolutely misused or unintentionally exaggerated shit before LOL. this video is really helpful and I appreciate you making it even though it’s not your responsibility to do so :]

[@ringersol]

THIS GUY GOT THE SEVEN INSTRUMENTAL???

[@ringersol]

AND A EARL 2010 BEAT????

[@kromthebomb]

i have a question, is it wrong that i subconsciously use aave ? i grew up with people who use it frequently in my family and they still do to this day so it just comes out of my mouth without warning- ive never just heard aave on the internet and decided to use it, im not white either just mixed between alot of shit i dont even know at this point i just dont want to be cancelled 😭

[@Spacingout3000]

Your fine. Im black myself, As long as your not intentionally using it to only black people or being passive aggressive with it, your perfectly fine. Besides, if your already mixed, + grew up around black folks you basically get a free pass 😭

[@kromthebomb]

@@Spacingout3000 alright, thanks so much 🙏

[@masterclassbeatassclapyour7698]

If you grew up with it your fine bro

[@nerds-nonsense]

If ur raised within a culture ur a part of it even if ur not member of the specific race, nationality, or ethnicity tht created it.

[@starlydonati2008]

Thanks for this from a white enby. I may not get all the grammatical rules or unique vocabulary because I’m only peripherally aware of the language, but I try my best to understand the words I may want to use and not use the ones I don’t understand. Some AAVE just makes it’s way into my normal lexicon which I don’t mind because it’s learning a new language on easy mode because of all the overlap between it and standard English. Certain constructions like the double negative being used for emphasis instead of negation is something that is intuitive to me. It’s not wrong because it’s not standard, it’s just a different language (or dialect, the cut off between those is fuzzy). My mom sent me an article about how the double negative is wrong, and while I don’t remember exactly what I said, if I said something using the emphatic double negative, I know that’s just something that is operating on its own logic instead of being illogical. I’m not a native speaker and I’m not that fluent, but it always irks me when people denigrate AAVE instead of respecting it for all of the innovations it introduces into standard English and all of the cool stuff it does that isn’t exported/co-opted.

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

2:11 funnily enough, that's also part of my accent. I'm not a native English speaker and I only have a very slight accent, but my brain just automatically understands "er" as "a", because that's the way it's pronounced in the specific variation of my native language that I speak. Example: I'd pronounce "water" as something close to (but not quite) "wəta".

[@lorrithelinguist]

(TLDR; Is Ballroom language appropriate for white queer use? What are your personal thoughts?): Hey! I know this video is a bit older now, but i would love to hear your take/perspective on queer slang originally created by african americans being used by white queers in the modern day (like ballroom slang etc..). I've been struggling with whether its an okay thing to use or not, mostly because i want to be easily identifiable to queer people in my community so they know they are safe, but it feels like im invading on a culture in a way and i dont want to use it just because its "mainstream" now. You seem much more educated on this topic than i am, and i have not had much luck in my research so i would love to hear what yo you have to say.

[@olioverr]

I said in the video that my only problem is when people use words incorrectly or dont recognize where they came from. As long as you respect the origin (and individual boundaries), I dont personally see a problem.

[@ithinkimmightbecoldharted]

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