burgertime2010
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Its' like watching a school bus on fire.
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Beefbisquit
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There's no question 'Ebonics' is not proper English. Everyone should be expected to use proper English when writing business mail/emails or interviewing for (a) job(s), etc.
People just won't take someone who can't speak properly, seriously. How is someone supposed to sound like a knowledgeable, trustworthy expert when they don't even have a grasp on the English language?
Like it or not, first impressions exist and if I was hiring for.... any? position if a guy came up to me and said "I be the best man for this job", I'd probably respond with "Well, shiver me timbers, matey. Now walk your ass back down the plank and get the fuck out of my office".
I can guarantee if I ever open a business, my employees will speak proper English because that's the image I want to convey. When someone can't be bothered to learn (a first) language properly it either says they don't care if they speak proper English, which is something I place importance on, or it means they never had the opportunity to learn proper English, which I find hard to believe. Also, if they never had the opportunity to learn English from school, I probably wouldn't hire them anyway. Education is important to me.
Black, white, red, yellow, purple, mauve, indigo, magenta, I don't care; there's no excuse for poor grammar due to laziness or apathy.
JMO.
Canna Sylvan
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Linguistics categorizes language, much like a biologist does life. You can think of English as the order. Specie is the region, like the UK or United States. Ebonics would therefore be a sub specie phenotype. Whereas a Minesotean knows, "doncha know," is dialect and not part of standard English, unless you're Leroy.
nitro harley
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Actually, all that is what you said.
Any logical extrapolation of your comments is that poor use of the English language is a sign of poor intelligence.
So, without further adu, I give you one of their smartest people, a united states congreswoman, no less.
[video=youtube;KgbBP9Em00A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbBP9Em00A&sns=em [/video]
Innate intelligence?
The two words used together as a phrase and the context in which you used it, seemed contradicting to me.
So I looked up "innate intelligence" what I found was, it's a term coined and used in chiropractics.
Innate means inborn/inherent, where intelligence means the ability to acquire and apply knowledge.
Obviously, it's clearly a contradiction when used together and most certainly refutes your claim.
The use of language and having intelligence are both something you acquire and are not born with.
In other words, another UncleBuck pseudo intellect FAIL.
Innate intelligence?
The two words used together as a phrase and the context in which you used it, seemed contradicting to me.
So I looked up "innate intelligence" what I found was, it's a term coined and used in chiropractics.
Innate means inborn/inherent, where intelligence means the ability to acquire and apply knowledge.
Obviously, it's clearly a contradiction when used together and most certainly refutes your claim.
The use of language and having intelligence are both something you acquire and are not born with.
In other words, another UncleBuck pseudo intellect FAIL.
You don't think some people are naturally intelligent? Intelligence =/= knowledge.
Of course I do, but intelligent and intelligence are two different words with two different meanings.
Having intelligence is the ability to acquire knowledge, being intelligent is displaying it.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
This is counterintuitive to me. Link?
in·tel·li·gent
inˈtelijənt/
adjective
adjective: intelligent
1.
having or showing intelligence, esp. of a high level.
in·tel·li·gence
inˈtelijəns/
noun
noun: intelligence
1.
the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.
desert dude
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I wonder the Beaver's mom learned to speak "Jive" so well? "Airplane" for the win!
<edit> Skylard, who is the pretty dude in your avatar, is that you?
<edit> Skylard, who is the pretty dude in your avatar, is that you?
BarnBuster
Virtually Unknown Member
I always wondered when Ward took June from behind if he held on to the pearls.
Just curious, does UncleBuck's statement above sound counterintuitve to you?
Beefbisquit
Well-Known Member
There us a specific time period in a child's life when their mind is most receptive to learning languages. I think it was 2-5 years old, or something along those lines. I'm not sure if I'd call the loss of that ability a change in intelligence or not.... hard to say.
I believe I'd call it an inability, therefore lacking in intelligence, I think.
desert dude
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Everybody's handle gets abused on RIU. One under recognized talent, IMO, is the ability to choose a handle that is difficult to pun on. Your handle is pretty good in that regard; I would have to think a while before a good, insulting twist came to me.
nervyn.......
Only joke on my handle was freedom works calling me "obombur" because of his delusion that I support Obama. "Desert dud" isnt exactly a stroke of genius, but I guess you work with what you have..
