DC's teacher says axing...

[Anonymous]

13:28--of course I meant WEAR a burka. If you had axed could've told youns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:White people who say "youns" should also be fired.

Also white women over 35 who do not have athletic legs should be wrestled to the ground and forced to where burka. Flabby knee pockets with varicose veins: you will be thrashed with corn stalks.

Where burka? There burka!

[Anonymous]

what if the teacher says, "tomahto"? that's obviously wrong, as well as pretentious. should she be sent to elocution class? i can't have my urban darling repeating TOMAHTO on the mean streets of DC. he'll be eaten alive...like a tomato.

[Anonymous]

"When I pakked my cah douwn heah in DC I gaht a fawtee-five dowllah ticket. I sweah, I was RIPPAH MAD!

Whatever. Dialects. High school teachers in very good schools in Massachusetts speak exactly in the above fashion. It's funny. Some black people around here say "ax". Whatever.

[Anonymous]

hahahah. I meant "wear" a burka, ya jahoomer! That's how we say jack-ass in Somerville.

[Anonymous]

RIPPAH MAD being a bastardization of WICKA MAD, being a bastardization of WICKED MAD, being a bastardization of VERY MAD, etc, and so on.

[Anonymous]

Careful. You might get some black on you.

[Anonymous]

I know this will insight a riot. Watch this?

It's a Black Thang, You won't Understand!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mother was an elementary teacher in a parochial school for over 20 years. She was born in Japan, and consequently had a lilting accent. More specifically, she had the stereotypical Asian r/l issue. ....

This is not the same situation at all. Your mother had an accent from speaking a different language and she worked hard to make herself better understood.

The teacher in question is a native speaker of English who apparently hasn't been informed about her mispronunciation and no one wants to tell her.

You also have no idea about the teacher's other qualities or what will happen if the issue is directly addressed, so please spare the guilt trip about what the kid might be missing out on if the mother has the audacity to mention the problem and seek a solution.

Consider that the teacher is missing out on an opportunity to improve her elocution and her students' understanding, something any good teacher would want to take a crack at.

You should just move to BANFF ISLAND where you'll never have to look at or hear a black person again. Because that is what this whole rant is about anyway. Lots of people have dialects and constantly mispronounce words and I bet it doesn't bother you ONE BIT. But oh noes, a black teacher says "ax" and you're having a fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this will insight a riot. Watch this?

It's a Black Thang, You won't Understand!!!

Ok, "Incite" a riot. Not insight. *cringe*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what if the teacher says, "tomahto"? that's obviously wrong, as well as pretentious. should she be sent to elocution class? i can't have my urban darling repeating TOMAHTO on the mean streets of DC. he'll be eaten alive...like a tomato.

look it up - tomahto is an accepted pronunciation, just like tomato, which is more common. The same can't be said for axing or still mill or youns.

[Anonymous]

Ummmm...I think that poor linguist person on this thread keeps trying to tell everyone that axe is an accepted alternate pronunciation in linguistic circles, just like tomahto is acceptable. So why does toMAHto not bother anyone if AXE does?

Just axin'.

BTW, I say "melk," and my kids say "milk." Should my school rescind my volunteer privileges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"When I pakked my cah douwn heah in DC I gaht a fawtee-five dowllah ticket. I sweah, I was RIPPAH MAD!

Whatever. Dialects. High school teachers in very good schools in Massachusetts speak exactly in the above fashion. It's funny. Some black people around here say "ax". Whatever.

And if they moved down here and some of their students were having trouble understanding them, I'd expect them to want to try to soften their regional accent so they could be understood. I would be stunned if people were afraid to ask them or if the teachers refused to attempt to make themselves understood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ummmm...I think that poor linguist person on this thread keeps trying to tell everyone that axe is an accepted alternate pronunciation in linguistic circles, just like tomahto is acceptable. So why does toMAHto not bother anyone if AXE does?

Just axin'.

BTW, I say "melk," and my kids say "milk." Should my school rescind my volunteer privileges?

How about you just start saying milk and cut the hyperbole about rescinding volunteer privileges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You should just move to BANFF ISLAND where you'll never have to look at or hear a black person again. Because that is what this whole rant is about anyway. Lots of people have dialects and constantly mispronounce words and I bet it doesn't bother you ONE BIT. But oh noes, a black teacher says "ax" and you're having a fit.

I disagree that this is about wanting to avoid black people, but I think it may have something to do with white people being conflicted over how to handle a situation when they think race might be involved.