Bastardization of English - Earth Empires Forum

Cerberus

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Jul 31st 2011, 13:54:18

Somebody try to explain to me the rise of what I'm now referring to as the "Univeral Noun" among the black people in the US.

The universal noun being the word, forgive me if I get the spelling wrong as I've never seen it in print anywhere,

"JAWN".

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braden

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Jul 31st 2011, 15:15:05

let me axe you this, ya'll be talking of aave? aint heard of no jawn before, you be trippin?

Dibs Ludicrous

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Jul 31st 2011, 16:47:25

Don Jawn?

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Schilling

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Jul 31st 2011, 16:59:11

http://www.urbandictionary.com/....php?page=2&term=jawn

That should shine a little light on it. I read through a few of them, but still don't get it. I think it's another derivative of the N and S word, as they use them typically to describe just about everything.

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Jul 31st 2011, 17:03:18

hehe, an abbreviation for John Doe. used for any dang thing that they can't remember the name of.

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Jul 31st 2011, 17:04:24

ujellyjawn?

https://gyazo.com/...b3bb28dddf908cdbcfd162513

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Dibs Ludicrous

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Jul 31st 2011, 17:05:59

no, i'm not gelling, thanks for asking.

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Schilling

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Jul 31st 2011, 17:29:52

Don't be a menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood.

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Jul 31st 2011, 17:36:48

Originally posted by braden:

let me axe you this, ya'll be talking of aave? aint heard of no jawn before, you be trippin?

its Leme axz you dis, yawl be tawkin ov, aave? I ain't neva heard of no Jawn befor, you be Trippsin?

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iNouda

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Jul 31st 2011, 17:56:31

WTF, they didn't teach me this in my English class!

braden

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Jul 31st 2011, 18:31:02

i'm white, i tried my best. i'm just not that cool. you should see me dance.

Schilling

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Jul 31st 2011, 19:15:23

Yeah...I'm so white, when I bust a move, it stays busted.

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Jul 31st 2011, 19:17:06

i forgot to pick on Schilling for his New Member status.

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deepcode

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Jul 31st 2011, 21:51:32

think i get it.

jawn == fluff in white people speak.

you see that fluff?
damn that fluff was good.
fluff this fluff.

Edited By: deepcode on Aug 1st 2011, 1:49:37
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Shinigami

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Jul 31st 2011, 23:37:37

Whats that my brother, you don't speak no jive?

ld

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Aug 1st 2011, 0:01:02

?

+1

Junky

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Aug 1st 2011, 1:52:41

Jawn.... was a good man.. from dusk til jawn.. man that man was so boring he had my jawning all night.

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ETPlayer

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Aug 1st 2011, 1:54:04

Nobody canna cross it

Flamey

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Aug 1st 2011, 9:08:29

An American starting a thread about the bastarda's'ation of English?

paladin

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Aug 1st 2011, 11:11:54

Originally posted by Flamey:

An American starting a thread about the bastarda's'ation of English?

Even we have our limits.

Now if only I could find that damn BBC article about you asswipes fluffing about Americanisms.

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paladin

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Aug 1st 2011, 11:13:42

I found it!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

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echlori

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Aug 1st 2011, 15:57:43

That was a great article. Enjoyed it.

trumper

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Aug 1st 2011, 17:51:30

http://yogaforthickjawns.com/
http://www.thejawn.com/

haha Yoga for thick jawns

Lobo

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Aug 1st 2011, 18:27:04

ah yes the masses create yet another "expression" because they don't know how to spell all the many adjectives we already have in use.

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Cerberus

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Aug 3rd 2011, 22:31:10

Originally posted by paladin:

I found it!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/14130942

What a great article. I really appreciate the careful attention to detail that this author provides to some of the differences between American English and British English. The funny thing to me, that isn't mentioned in this article is the major prevalence of people speaking with a British accent that work in the US Selling goods on TV and Radio.

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Flamey

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Aug 4th 2011, 10:11:07

Well, there is a perception that all British people speak with a BBC accent. There are several dozen accents in England alone. Then there are the different Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish accents.

Patience

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Aug 4th 2011, 14:18:27

There are probably several dozen accents in LONDON alone. lol

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braden

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Aug 4th 2011, 14:45:23

worst of all those fluffney bastards

zygotic

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Aug 5th 2011, 4:45:53

Nobody in the uk speaks with a BBC accent. People I work with who live 10 miles away sound different and even use different words. There's a YouTube video that shows the black country alphabet. In the black country "day" or "bay" means haven't and "ar" means yes "taraa abit" means goodbye

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Aug 5th 2011, 5:47:53

Dragonlance

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Aug 5th 2011, 6:00:47

you havn't lived until you've tried to have a coherent conversation with a scouser in a pub in liverpool.

zygotic

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Aug 5th 2011, 6:25:52

Yeah that's hardcore.

Mapleson

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Aug 13th 2011, 15:15:23

Zygotic, go to the West Midlands outside of Birmingham and Manchester, and you'll hear the neutral British accent. I find it funny when people talk about a "BBC Accent" because the different regional news all have different regional accents.

English is a bastard language, so new idioms can't really add to the bastardization of it. Just like Roman split into the Romance Language Family, English is splintering into regional and national tongues that only have the most common elements in common.

You want other American bastardizations: Like totally? Can I go to the bathroom? Turning 30? It's all good? My bad? Tax hike? Where's it at? I could care less?