Comments on: Desperately Seeking Ebonics Experts

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:49:11 +0000

Ben’s comment (on the next topic):

I couldn’t post on the ebonics post, but I think I have the perfect ebonics expert:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzNhaLUT520&feature=player_embedded#!

[I’ve opened the Ebonics post again. I love this.]

My comment: That YouTube is NOT EBONICS. That is just American English in a black accent. Ebonics is completely garbled use of wordage.

CONTEMPLATIONIST got the gist of what I was saying. There are some jobs (think
Tomas de Torquemada, grand inquisitor) where being a LAZY Federal Employee is a plus. Get your money and leave the people be:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada

By: Gringo Malo

Gringo Malo — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:47:31 +0000

I briefly considered applying, but some of the other posters have convinced me that I'm just too white and nerdy. That's what happens when you spend decades trying to make enough money to avoid native speakers of Ebonics, I guess.

By: Dan Jeffreys

Dan Jeffreys — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:09:52 +0000

I be wit dat cause u da shizzle Ilana.

Dan

By: Eamon

Eamon — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:33:35 +0000

I would have thought after having been ridiculed mercilessly for contemplating such an idiotic notion as ‘ebonics’ it’s adherents would have hid in shame forever. Seems the post-racial president has needs translators for the less-educated of our brethern.

By: Contemplationist

Contemplationist — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:13:13 +0000

I say those who don’t do their jobs – agencies and depts. like USDA, FTC, FCC, DEA, Dept of Education etc. i DO hope they’re not busy but THEY ARE! They are busy issuing pages upon pages of regulations to burden industry every freakin day.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:44:40 +0000

If my experience with various members of civil service is any indication the feds shoul have no trouble finding fluent practitioners of ebonics. What’s going to be tough is getting them to translate to English if needed.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:37:53 +0000

FUNNY!! Go for it Myron! You be qualified.

By: MYRON PAULI

MYRON PAULI — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:46:24 +0000

Here is a link that works:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/ebonics-translators-justice_n_692565.html

Some of the comments on Huffington Post are hilarious (? does that mean “of or pertaining to Hillary” ?).

Anyway, I am sure that St. Shirley Sherrod is overqualified. This is for the DEA, an agency that SHOULD NOT EVEN EXIST (please find me an Article 1 Section 8 authorization for the Federal government to search for drugs internal to the US).

When it comes to Federal Employees, one sometimes has to ask – which is worse, those who do their job or those who don’t do their job?

By: MYRON PAULI

MYRON PAULI — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:20:10 +0000

me be bad fo da job!

[Au contraire]