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To: Dr. Thorne

She spoke jive, not ebonic. At least in the northeast it’s different.
Jive can be converted from English at the Dialectizer: http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/


9 posted on 11/25/2011 5:47:16 AM PST by Lady Lucky
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To: Lady Lucky
E.G.

She rapped JIBE, not ebonic. Co' got d' beat! At least in de no'deast it’s different. Man! JIBE kin be converted fum English at da damn Dialectizer, dig dis: http://www, so cut me some slack, Jack.rinkwo'ks.com/dialect/

16 posted on 11/25/2011 6:00:07 AM PST by AndrewC
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—De Department uh Justice be seekin’ t’hire lin’uists fluent in Ebonics t’help monito’, translate, and transcribe da damn secretly reco’ded conversashuns uh subjects uh narcotics investigashuns, acco’din’ t’federal reco’ds.

A maximum uh nine Ebonics ‘espuh’ts gots’ta wo’k wid de Drug Enfo’cement Administrashun’s Atlanta field division, where da damn lin’uists, afta’ obtainin’ some “DEA Sensitive” security clearance, gots’ta help investigato’s decipha’ de results uh “telephonic monito’in’ uh court o’dered nonconsensual intercepts, consensual listenin’ devices, and oda’ media”

32 posted on 11/25/2011 8:46:02 AM PST by GAB-1955 (I write books, serve my country, love my wife and daughter, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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