Sounding Black and Using Proper English....NOT an oxymoron!

[hypebeast mcstreetwear]

Originally Posted by Dakingii

Originally Posted by MILLION DOLLAR STACKS

Originally Posted by HypeBeast McStreetwear

At people in hear tryna act coy like "What do you mean sound black?"

You know DAMN WELL what she's getting at...

dudes acting dumb to bring the lulz.

thats what im saying

everyone knows damn well hearing a black person speak and person of another race speak will sound totally different. And im not talking about slang or anything, people just sound different.

Word. But I mean, not many races can identify with the "Over The phone Job inquiry/Job interview" voice. So I can't fault them

 

[justscoreda100]

The tone, inflection and terminology of your voice depends on the region/culture your born into, not race.

Op is ******ed.

 

[strawberry milkshakes]

Henry Louis gates from west virginia...I KNOW he ain't grow up sounding like the way he does now...... I can understand toning down the accent (I gotta a homie from DC who had to do that ) but he still sounds the same.

I understand what you're saying. Black People do this, White people do this but in the opposite way to appeal to blacks.
But if you are claiming to say that all black people sound alike, and you can tell a black person when you obviously haven't met every black person in theworld, you are just plain wrong. You have sterotyped what black people sound like FROM YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.

Using celebrities to futher your argument isn't even a worthy cause because they use those white voices to appeal to a wider audience and stay acceptableto white people.

Just don't claim to know how every black person in the world or America sounds. Its idiotic and insulting. Good Day.

 

[dirtylicious]

Originally Posted by 18th letter

Ok now lets be honest, if you didn't know any better would you mistake James Earl Jones for a white man?? exactly



On the other hand though George Takei does sound like a brotha to me

 

[put em up]

TrueshotAura wrote:

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Sounding black = Gucci Man

real talk

you are the biggest closet racist on NT. ive seen some of the stuff you write here, and think who says that type of corny crap.

i mean idk if you write this type of stuff for jokes or just to get people to notice you but damn.

and if you black, its even more disgusting.

so reply back to this statement with "you sound mad" and prove me point

 

[hueyp in louiev]

Strawberry Milkshake are you white?

 

[dope like louboutins]

Originally Posted by JustScoreda100

The tone, inflection and terminology of your voice depends on the region/culture your born into, not race.

Op is ******ed.

Not that's ******ed for stating her opinion on a message board lol, and does culture not relate or pertain to race & ethnicity at times?

 

[put em up]

Originally Posted by HypeBeast McStreetwear

At people in hear tryna act coy like "What do you mean sound black?"

You know DAMN WELL what she's getting at...

exactly

 

[hueyp in louiev]

Originally Posted by dope like louboutins

Originally Posted by JustScoreda100

The tone, inflection and terminology of your voice depends on the region/culture your born into, not race.

Op is ******ed.

Not that's ******ed for stating her opinion on a message board lol, and does culture not relate or pertain to race & ethnicity at times?

Exactly.

People try way too hard for the lulz sometimes.

 

[antonlavey]

Dave Chapelle "White people do this, black people do that" (bangs drums)

 

[litlbibby]

*turns my black voice on*

 

[king beef]

Originally Posted by Put em up

Originally Posted by HypeBeast McStreetwear

At people in hear tryna act coy like "What do you mean sound black?"

You know DAMN WELL what she's getting at...

exactly

Then why did the OP say she doesn't like it when black people try to sound Non-Black? I don't get it. So all black people are suppposed to soundsimilar? It doesn't matter where you were born or who you grew up with?

 

[nationaltruckerdave]

This dude, smh.

 

[ramzs8906]

Originally Posted by SoFreakinWavy

whats with the holier than thou attitude on NT, yall know exactly what she means by sounding black and non black

THIS... With that said, I've been brought up to speak proper English. I've also lived in a city my whole life that is majority black (Washington,D.C.). I've learned how to code switch over time. I remember one time when I called one of my ex-girlfriends, her mother picked up the phone. Since I wastaught there is a certain way to speak to adults over the phone, I politely said, "Hello, May I speak to ___________." She went to get her daughter,but before handing her the phone, she asked her, "When did you start talking to white guys?"

 

[i drink your milkshake]

Originally Posted by HueyP in LouieV

Strawberry Milkshake are you white?

@*#*# what?

I'm black on BOF sides

and I wish I could find a vid of this one preacher who used to do chapel sometimes at Howard---this dude sounded black for real.� An Irish white guy...can't remember his name for the life of me.....
sike--GOOGLE TO THE RESCUE
http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&

he got sooooooooul, and he's superbad

 

[i drink your milkshake]

Originally Posted by King Beef

Originally Posted by Put em up

Originally Posted by HypeBeast McStreetwear

At people in hear tryna act coy like "What do you mean sound black?"

You know DAMN WELL what she's getting at...

exactly

Then why did the OP say she doesn't like it when black people try to sound Non-Black? I don't get it. So all black people are suppposed to sound similar? It doesn't matter where you were born or who you grew up with?

honestly, I just hate when anybody tries to hide or fight something that's apart of who they are/ apart of theirculture. That's up there wit' people who bleach their skin....people who try to sound different.....people who try to take on more"assimilating" names.....that's all up there with me.


honestly, I was hoping more non black people would chime in and see if they notice it happening in their communities....

 

[put em up]

Originally Posted by King Beef

Originally Posted by Put em up

HypeBeast McStreetwear wrote:

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At people in hear tryna act coy like "What do you mean sound black?"

You know DAMN WELL what she's getting at...

exactly

Then why did the OP say she doesn't like it when black people try to sound Non-Black? I don't get it. So all black people are suppposed to sound similar? It doesn't matter where you were born or who you grew up with?
honestly, you might find this hard to believe but MOST have a certain pitch or tone. idc where they grow up in america bc i can only speak foramerica.

 

[hueyp in louiev]

Originally Posted by I Drink Your Milkshake

Originally Posted by HueyP in LouieV

Strawberry Milkshake are you white?

@*#*# what?

I'm black on BOF sides

Not you B2M.

Strawberry Milkshake...the person that was arguing against your point on the other page.

I see you got a thing for the milkshake though..

 

[justscoreda100]

HueyP in LouieV wrote:

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Originally Posted by dope like louboutins

JustScoreda100 wrote:

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The tone, inflection and terminology of your voice depends on the region/culture your born into, not race.

Op is ******ed.

Not that's ******ed for stating her opinion on a message board lol, and does culture not relate or pertain to race & ethnicity at times?


Exactly.

People try way too hard for the lulz sometimes.



Op is not ******ed for stating her opinion, but she is ******ed for trying to pass it off as fact. Culture can pertain to race and ethnicity at times, but bothare inantly different from each other.You do not have to be a certain race to be a part of a certain culture. To prove that certain ethinicities have a certaintype of voice you would have to find a gene mutation that causes it. There is none.

Its not trying hard for lulz its telling you when you're wrong.

 

[needsomejays]

Originally Posted by Mark Miwordz

how can u sound like a race/color? this is ignorance at its best

exactly what i was gonna say

 

[dr spaceman]

Originally Posted by I Drink Your Milkshake

Originally Posted by HueyP in LouieV

Strawberry Milkshake are you white?

@*#*# what?

I'm black on BOF sides

and I wish I could find a vid of this one preacher who used to do chapel sometimes at Howard---this dude sounded black for real.� An Irish white guy...can't remember his name for the life of me.....
sike--GOOGLE TO THE RESCUE
http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1& http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/TWigzBClEk8&hl=en&fs=1&

he got sooooooooul, and he's superbad

only reason i clicked that vid was because my dumb %$!read it wrong, like "oh word, ol dude does chappelle lines in the church?".

 

[hypebeast mcstreetwear]

Originally Posted by King Beef

Originally Posted by Put em up

Originally Posted by HypeBeast McStreetwear

At people in hear tryna act coy like "What do you mean sound black?"

You know DAMN WELL what she's getting at...

exactly

Then why did the OP say she doesn't like it when black people try to sound Non-Black? I don't get it. So all black people are suppposed to sound similar? It doesn't matter where you were born or who you grew up with?

Black people aren't supposed to sound like anything. We just do, we can't helpit the same way we can't help where we were born or raised.

Of course they are exceptions. Duh. There are ALWAYS exceptions.

But my point is why be wavering and question something you already know the majority answer to? For the most part BLACK PEOPLE SOUND ALIKE. Its not a slang thing at all...

 

[beeniesfoams]

How do you think Reggie sounds?

 

[chi ill]

I Drink Your Milkshake = Bait 2 Master ?

Always wondered this ...

 

[solefood229]

I know what you mean op

I talk to people I never will see all day on the phone, and I can tell their race and it has nothing to do with speaking proper, or using correct enunciation.


I also hate when people think if you have a southen accent that you're dumb