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"Used AAVE as slang" is gonna get ya cancelled now? Lol, this is absurd, if those are the reasons, using them you can cancel 80% of young folk, y'all are crazy
This is kinda sad tho, that while racism and real bigots exists, y'all waste your time cancelling people for using "y'all"
Is AAVE = "African American Vernacular English"? That's the only thing I can think that it would be.
Of note here, AAVE is an outdated term. AAE - African American English (still a little outdated) or AAL - African American Language (the newest, most accurate term) are more accurate. Linguists dropped the "Vernacular" because it is not a slang language, and are starting to change "English" to "Language" because it is most likely derived from creole, not English
Since when does "vernacular" apply only to slang? It's just everyday language, which can include slang but includes plenty of non-slang.
Vernacular is specifically used for informal language, and in this particular case, linguists did not want to imply slang. I am not a linguist, but the sources I found from people who study AAE cited that as the reason for the name change
Thank you so much for the more accurate names. Though a lot of black folks I know still do call it AAVE or B(V)E (Black (Vernacular) English), I'm not sure why.
You're correct that it's not a slang language. I wasn't aware that vernacular implied that, I appreciate the education!
It was AAVE for a long time, and momentum is a hell of a thing. Ultimately whatever the culture wants to call it, it is really up to them.
Good point! Thanks, really appreciate your help here.
Yes.
If you actually read the thread it's said multiple times "y'all" wasn't and isn't the problem.
Okay, but all other examples were just slang too, so my point still stands
It is not just slang, though. It is a whole language that black folks have been constantly asking white people to stop using as slang. This is just one public instance of it happening