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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007q: that voice stereotypically used by two black women who are close friends and shooting the breeze?
I need to know what you call a voice when two black women who are close friends are shooting the breeze is called. It sounds like they're talking with a Southern accent, but yet I don't know whether or not white people from the south sound like this. It's like when they go "Hey girl." Or, "You'd best be believing ..." If there's no official way to describe this, how can it be described? It's not called a black voice or twang or accent, or is it? Thanks again. Chris Tsao says: > "Hey girl." correction: "hey guuurl." upon further reflection, I've never witnessed this in person. not counting a white woman who worked at walgreen's in 1994 talking to a black cashier trying to relate and show how cool she was. i understand oprah does this, but not with women of other races. i've heard it in commercials, seen it on tv. > I need to know what you call a voice when two black women who are close > friends are shooting the breeze is called. It sounds like they're [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks again. It's called Nigger Bitch. Two English Faggots - famous for abusive trollery in 18 newsgroups. > Two English Faggots - famous for abusive trollery in 18 newsgroups. This mike fag is probably just jealous that he didn't get invited to the queer vaseline party. > >> Two English Faggots - famous for abusive trollery in 18 newsgroups. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Douglas Berry? > >> Two English Faggots - famous for abusive trollery in 18 newsgroups. > > > > This mike fag is probably just jealous that he didn't get invited to > > the queer vaseline party. > > > Douglas Berry? be berries , be berries , be berries , now ... burst Chris Tsao in <1169081843.372038.27670@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>: > I need to know what you call a voice when two black women who are close > friends are shooting the breeze is called. It sounds like they're [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > way to describe this, how can it be described? It's not called a black > voice or twang or accent, or is it? That might qualify as patois (pronounced patwa).  SignatureCol Morrison Chris Tsao ha escrito: > I need to know what you call a voice when two black women who are close > friends are shooting the breeze is called. It sounds like they're [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks again. It is generally a form of a Southern accent -- "speaking black" is using the Southern accent of the area an accent-band or two farther south than where you're from -- together with dialect marked by choice of words and phrases that define membership in a group. If the grammar is odd too, especially in verb forms, they are speaking Black English or Ebonics. Cece > It is generally a form of a Southern accent -- "speaking black" is > using the Southern accent of the area an accent-band or two farther [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Cece It sounds like they raise and lower their pitch. >I need to know what you call a voice when two black women who are close > friends are shooting the breeze is called. It sounds like they're [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks again. Isn't this what was termed "Ebonics" a while back? Paul > >I need to know what you call a voice when two black women who are close > > friends are shooting the breeze is called. It sounds like they're [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Isn't this what was termed "Ebonics" a while back? Actually, it isn't. "Ebonics" is a term for an entire dialect, with its own grammar and syntax, fully developed if non-standard. It's also called "Black English" and "African-American Vernacular English" (AAVE) and some other names. Pronunciation is only a small part of it. Wikipedia has a pretty good article on it: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English>. The "voice" under discussion on this thread can be used with Standard English as well as AAVE. I recall a couple of occasions when I was quite thorougly dissed by Black women using that voice but the Standard English dialect that I speak. It was no fun. Once I deserved it and once I didn't, but I just kept quiet and got the hell out of there both times. SignatureBob Lieblich Flee-bitten > It's like when they go No comment. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. |
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