Dario on 13/1/2009 at 04:57

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Hi everyone. :)

Someone wrote this to me in an email a while back, and I think they might've been faking Ebonics (or just faking ignorance - they claimed to be from Alabama). Does this look fake to anyone? The lines that got me were:

1 - "hmm nah what about you wasnt you going to blockbuster?"
2 - "meh they dont care much for grammer and yea its likes 5am there"
3 - "also where does it says they live at? i dont remember putting that info on any forums"

The parts that got me were "wasnt you", "its likes", and "where does it says". I don't think Ebonics users (or just "ignorant" white people from Alabama) say those particular things (without knowing for sure), because they seem to make it HARDER to talk... especially the last two. Do those lines sound strange to anyone?

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Without getting deeply into it, I thought it might've been someone I know (female interest) contacting me with an anonymous IP, but I'm just not sure... (their IP traced to Alabama, but the person I think it might be would be more than keen on using an IP Anonymizer app, then just saying they're from whatever location their IP originates from. Every anonymizer I tried tells you up front where each IP is located)

So, my suspicions so far that lead me to believe it may not really be an ignorant person from Alabama:

* they used what looks like fake language (need confirmation on this... I don't know much about Ebonics or white ignorant talk)
* they accessed my site using Ubuntu (Linux) at least once (a little nerdy for those people?)
* they TYPED the way they speak (I looked this up on Yahoo Answers, and the consensus was that only a few Ebonics-users (not sure about ignorant people), actually type the way they talk... Anyone know anything about this? Not talking about very heavy "net speak", which is common, but actually talking in full Ebonics/etc)
* they did quite a bit of hovering around my Gunreal forum (never posted), and somehow ended up in every match I ever played online with the name "Dario" (a few matches at the beginning of beta)


Anyway, opinions on this? I'm tripping over that language use right now, and trying to figure out if it could entirely be fake or not...

june gloom on 13/1/2009 at 05:57

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A lot more people tend to type the way they speak than you might think. Go to any rap forum.

demagogue on 13/1/2009 at 07:15

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Ebonics != 1337.

If you want a reason why people might go to the trouble of faking it:

1. Blacks speak Ebonics. (Premise)
2. Blacks are cool. (Premise)
3. People who speak Ebonics are often mistaken as black. (affirmation of consequent fallacy 1)
4. People who speak Ebonics are often mistaken as cool. (Substitution 2, 3)
QED.

fett on 13/1/2009 at 18:52

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Din't Fred Durst make a career out of this yo?

(Sorry. "Yo" is really the only black word I know).

AR Master on 13/1/2009 at 19:06

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hmm guys i received an unsolicited email that was poorly written here are the facts the guys in the csi forensics lab were able to scrounge up 1) possible incorrect useage of negro speak, furthermore