English as a second language.

[Weltall]

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I found this lovely example of Engrish on the floor at work yesterday. I thought I'd share it with you.

[Great Rumbler]

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[OB1]

[A Black Falcon]

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[Fittisize]

I understood everything said in that letter.

That ain't Engrish, that's how half the girls in my grade actually talk and write notes and shit ('cept they don't use words like 'niggas')

[A Black Falcon]

It's close enough to Engrish to not matter. :)

[EdenMaster]

I understood everything said in that letter.

That's because you know their native language: "Indecipherable crap".

That was awful. I feel dumber having read it.

Who here wants to spam this girls email address with links to Dictionary and Thesaurus websites?

[alien space marine]

I couldnt even make that out with my eyes.

[Sacred Jellybean]

[geoboy]

That's AOL speak on paper. Take note of the dollar signs in "a$$", the use of the @ symbol (because writing "at" just takes so much more time to do) and the hand drawn emoticons.

[Weltall]

Some of it is. The rest of it sounds like someone who spent more time studying Ebonics than English.

[Black]

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[Black]

This is for EdenMaster, what do you mean by their or should I say our, since I am black too. "native language: "Indecipherable crap"." Think about what you are about to say before you say it.

[Weltall]

Well, African-American, it is pretty indecipherable.

It's just that older black people don't speak like that. Only kids. She's not speaking black, she's speaking "dumb teenager". I'm pretty sure that's what he meant... we've had this discussion here before. :D

I bet she's white anyway.

[geoboy]

I've seen plenty of white girls write like that. It's just as Weltall said - she's speaking "dumb teenager".

[Geno]

Hooked on ebonics be workin' for me.

[Weltall]

Nigga please.

[Geno]

Don't shizzle, my nizzle... whatever that's supposed to mean. (Don't shit, my nigga?)

[Great Rumbler]

Nigga please.

That reminds me of a hilarious skit on Mad TV. :D

[Weltall]

I remember it...

Chris Rock: "Hey man, this is some good cereal. What is it?"
White Short-order Cook: "Nigga Please!"
Chris Rock: *grabs the guy by the neck "What did you say?!"
Cook: *holds up box* "Nigga PLEASE!"
The look on his face was hilarious. :D

[Moiraine]

I bet she's white anyway.

As a matter of fact she is... I found out who she was at school last tuesday...

[-iLluSiON-]

That's almost as bad as hacker talk.

[Weltall]

Almost, except that hacker talk originally stemmed from people who were otherwise quite intelligent.

[A Black Falcon]

Good point. :)

[Geno]

Almost, except that hacker talk originally stemmed from people who were otherwise quite intelligent.

Yeah, and now hacker talk is used more by newbies than by actual hackers. Newbies think they're so 1337 'cause they think they're speaking in a language only they can understand.

[A Black Falcon]

Newbies are stupid. That is a fact of life.

[Geno]

Newbies are stupid. That is a fact of life.

Indeed.

[Great Rumbler]

I remember it...

Chris Rock: "Hey man, this is some good cereal. What is it?"
White Short-order Cook: "Nigga Please!"
Chris Rock: *grabs the guy by the neck "What did you say?!"
Cook: *holds up box* "Nigga PLEASE!"
The look on his face was hilarious. :D

That's actually not what I was thinking, but that's still funny. :D