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The myth of black capitalism (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I had to read the second post twice to understand what it’s saying due to the non-standard grammar. But I’m a foreign speaker.

I’m asking an honest question out of curiosity: Was this easily legible to you?

[–] FrowingFostek 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think the linguists call it African American Vernacular English. It's completely reasonable for you to not understand it from the outside looking in.

[–] spoopy 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

ain't

aave

[–] FrowingFostek 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, exactly

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