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Lois & Clark TNAOS rewatch 1/★
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Teri Hatcher & Dean Cain at Burnt Toast Launch Party (May 2006):
—- “It’s the first time that I’ve seen him in years, so that was really lovely”
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18mr:
Picture of the Day: Vishavjit Singh of @Sikhtoons and photographer Fiona Aboud explore Sikh “Captain America”
YES!
"The uniqueness of AAVE is evident in three areas: (I) patterns of grammar and pronunciation, many of which reflect the patterns that operate in West African languages (for example, many West African languages don’t have English “th” sounds, and in AAVE “th” is rendered with the next closet sound, as “d,” a “t,” or an “f”); (2) verbal rituals from the Oral Tradition and the continued importance of the Word, as in African cultures; and (3) lexicon, or vocabulary, usually developed by giving special meanings to regular English words, a practice that goes back to enslavement and the need for a system of communication that only those in the enslaved community could understand."
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Black Talk; Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner by Geneva Smitherman. (via howtobeterrell)
So basically
Stop speaking AAVE like it’s a fucking joke or I will clothesline you over and over again in the neck
If you can’t respect the language then I won’t respect your ability to breathe
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- What she says: I'm fine
- What she means: space: the final frontier. these are the voyages of the starship enterprise. her five year mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilization, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
wwc: 1/2 favorite characters (not the doctor or his companions)
↳ craig owens
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