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Rap's a foreign language, judge rules
Telegraph via Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 6/06/03 | RICHARD ALLEYNE

Posted on 06/06/2003 4:12:08 AM PDT by kattracks

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1 posted on 06/06/2003 4:12:08 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
I can't wait to pick up the Berlitz "Rap in 8 easy lessons" audiotapes.
2 posted on 06/06/2003 4:26:03 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: kattracks
Once again reality runs headlong into satire.
3 posted on 06/06/2003 4:28:43 AM PDT by Fzob (Why does this tag line keep showing up?)
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To: tdadams
Shazam!!!

Uhhh no, wait...

shizzle my nizzle!!!


Jeebus!!!

Woogity Boogity Boo!!!
4 posted on 06/06/2003 4:31:52 AM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
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To: kattracks
"fo' shizzle mah nizzle" defined
5 posted on 06/06/2003 4:45:32 AM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: kattracks
http://www.joel.net/EBONICS/translator.asp
6 posted on 06/06/2003 5:12:49 AM PDT by Impy (Sharpton/Byrd 2004!! The Slave/Massa Ticket!!)
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To: martin_fierro
thanks for resolving this controversy, counselor! ; )
7 posted on 06/06/2003 5:15:45 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: tdadams
"I can't wait to pick up the Berlitz "Rap in 8 easy lessons" audiotapes"

Oh, they'll be easy to find........right next to the "Ebonics" tapes under "Junk Urban Butchering of the English Language Posing as 'Cool' for Stupid Kids of All Colors".

8 posted on 06/06/2003 5:15:53 AM PDT by RightOnline
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To: kattracks
The judge said the fact the lyrics were hard to "decipher" mitigated against the case.

Perhaps the judge can translate Wolly Bully next?

9 posted on 06/06/2003 5:17:21 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: martin_fierro
I.e. "for sure, my [black person]"
10 posted on 06/06/2003 5:17:26 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck
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To: tdadams
They should have had the judges watch "Pootie Tang"... Sada Tay!
11 posted on 06/06/2003 5:23:53 AM PDT by killjoy
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To: xsmommy
thanks for resolving this controversy, counselor!

Fo' shizzle mah sizzle! ("For sure, my sister!") <|:)~

12 posted on 06/06/2003 5:31:56 AM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: martin_fierro
ay que bilingue eres! ; )
13 posted on 06/06/2003 5:33:14 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Scenic Sounds; justshe; Southflanknorthpawsis; Howlin; RedBloodedAmerican; Chad Fairbanks; ...
The judge, 50, said the claim had led to the "faintly surreal experience of three gentlemen in horsehair wigs [himself and two other judges] examining the meaning of such phrases."

Ping for the amusement of it. Can't you just picture the judges trying to ponder this one?

14 posted on 06/06/2003 6:09:29 AM PDT by Amelia
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To: martin_fierro
lol, I love the alternative definition.. ('please dont kill me Suge')
15 posted on 06/06/2003 6:11:48 AM PDT by ewing
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To: kattracks
Of course this same judge was later heard speaking in sixes and sevens claiming that it was proper English .... American reporters are still baffled as to what exactly was said.
16 posted on 06/06/2003 6:18:08 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
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To: Texaggie79; Tennessee_Bob
bling bling!
17 posted on 06/06/2003 6:56:22 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: kattracks; chance33_98
Well shizzle my nizzle. LMAO!

Chance, ol' son, this is yer kinda story.

18 posted on 06/06/2003 6:58:03 AM PDT by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
My Dirtiez!!
19 posted on 06/06/2003 6:58:58 AM PDT by ewing
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To: xsmommy
What're YOU doin' here, chickie? Don't you have work to do?

I, on the other hand, am typing furiously.

20 posted on 06/06/2003 6:59:40 AM PDT by maxwell (Well I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation...)
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