The exception was congregational reading at Church. That is how I realized it is ebonics.
“I doubt that you as a native ever used the letter R in language.”
Sure I did,unless it was at the end of a word.
We do not drop the “r” at the beginning or in the middle of a word-—— such as “reading” or “celery”.
You should have paid better attention during the two years that you were here.
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