The dumbing down of America continues...
Ironically, you made your own point. (just kidding)
Posted on 04/11/2006 4:10:43 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
'Jafaican' is wiping out inner-city English accents
by LAURA CLARK, Daily Mail
If you struggle to understand Cockney, Brummie, Geordie and Scouse, then stand by for an even bigger challenge.
It's called Jafaican and, slowly but surely, it is infiltrating the English language.
The multicultural hybrid, based on Jamaican but with undertones of West African and Indian, is not a totally new concept, of course. Ali G has been delivering his comic routines in his own colourful variant of it for some years.
But linguistic experts say it is becoming so common in the inner cities that it is beginning to eclipse traditional accents.
In some London boroughs, for instance, it has taken over from Cockney, the prevailing accent for generations, as inner-city white youths pick up the speech patterns of their black and Asian classmates. More than four out of ten London residents are now from ethnic minority backgrounds.
The Jafaican name, conveying the idea of 'fake Jamaican', was coined on the streets rather than in the research rooms. The academics prefer 'multicultural English'. But the message is constant.
"People are beginning to sound the same regardless of their colour or ethnic background," said Sue Fox, of London University's Queen Mary College, who is studying the phenomenon.
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ebonics anyone?
The dumbing down of America continues...
America?
You realize London is in Great Britain, right?
;)
I'd criticize England, but we're gonna be overrun with "Spanglish" soon...ju know, Ese?
That would be Ganjabonics eh?
Same thing has been going on in New York for some time. Brooklynese and Bronxese have been replaced by a form of Ebonics, spoken by blacks, Latinos, Asians, Arabs, and even the left-over white kids.
Forget it, he's rolling...
On the East Coast, nobody says "ese." The Puerto Ricans and Dominicans would beat up anybody who said that for being a "Mexican." ;-)
The dumbing down of America continues...
Ironically, you made your own point. (just kidding)
I was just checking to see if anyone was alert. (The world needs more lerts.)
Yeah, I'm West Coast to the bone.
But, not in the Tupac Shakur "get my ass shot" sort of way.
Actually, attacks on Mexicans by Dominicans in New York and New Jersey have become quite a problem in that area. Mexicans are looked down upon by other Latinos, especially those who are here on green cards, and hate that los Mojados get a pass...
I prefer Reggaeton, and that means I really can't go to Wal-Mart because all they have are Mexican country music. Target has a good Reggaeton selection.
I don't blame the Dominicans for beating up on those guys~!
Any Animal House reference that subtle deserves a post of the day nomination
There are whole stations devoted to reggaeton here in NY. That's because it's now very 'crossover'. Everyone listens to it including me.
I liked it too.
Hey Slump Tester, how did you get your name?
I know about concrete slump, but do you specialize in testing how much?
If the Dominican Republic was hooked on to the United States like Mexico they would be pouring in to here also so they have no room to talk.
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