Retrodeb54
Surely you jest ...
But.....look who's in the area... I call it getto talk. Than you have people who "tlk lik dis on fb n dis rly hrd 2 read" I like delete people who do this ####.
I was born and raised in D.C. it was full of great neighborhoods and great people. Black and white, it wasn't ghetto. Soufeast in fact. Had a few bad areas in town much like SM does, but D.C. was nothing like it is now. Although slowly they are slowly turning it around. Thank goodness, after all it is representing isn't it? We used the slang just as most kids now do. Funny thing how not much has changed. I hate slang in excess like you quoted above. Like anything in life, moderation is the key. I still stand firm that its not a black thing, its an area thing. In excess its an attention thing, these children and adult punks of every race and color these days over use it to draw attention, thats all.To say its a black thing is stereotyping, a bad habit to have. Just like useing slang in excess is.
Back in the 70s 'bama was a derogatory term for negro in middle school.
This was before the great 'Bama came along, but I've started hearing it again lately...
In my 60's and early 70's it was a derogatory slam for anyone you wanted to toss it at. Basicly it was calling someone a 'low life pos'. Oh my,POS? was this internet/forum slang started by a black too?
