Wasn't going to post one, but the fighting needed a break up.... So here is a pic after my "smoking circle"
If he stopped at saying it's deadass and not deadarsé, I would've just ignored him. But he went on to say British people don't use arsé irl. Which is complete bs. I saw you telling Jopo to "stop forntin" because he had an opinion based on his limited interaction with "da" culture. Funny how you don't feel the same about Jaco having an opinion on the British culture. If you are going to talk about origin, English originated in Britain. Americans adopted and adjusted it as per their liking. So, why can't a word such a deadass be adjusted as per the British liking? In my two years in Britain I've heard more of smartarsé, dumbarsé and the like, instead of the other equivalents. Is it too hard to respect different cultural interpretations? There are tons of words that are written and interpreted differently around the world. Nobody is a law on anything.
I told him to stop frontin... because he needed to stop frontin about being exposed to the culture Jaco was referring to daily... I live in So Cal now and I’ve lived in various large urban cities around the US and know the difference. How df hard was that to miss? I am not qualified to speak on british culture so why the hell would I defend it? That would be frontin... Your two years in Britian obviously somehow qualifies you to be an authority on it... My many extended visits to Europe would never cause me to put on a cape for any culture there that isn’t my own. Your argument is flawed because you were cherry picking Jaco’s claim and diverting from his original and main point which was that she misappropriated deadàss and it sounded stupid af. Just to help you focus on what’s real right now little buddy.
I didn't ask you to defend the British culture. I asked you to maintain a neutral approach when you deal with people. If you are going to tell a person off because of his limited knowledge of your culture, you should be telling people off for making remarks about other cultures that they don't have extensive experience of. That is not defending to me, that is just being balanced. Like I already said, if he stopped at it's not deadarsé but deadass, I would've ignored it. Again, I've heard more of deadarsë, dumbarsé and smartarsé while in Britain so she didn't misappropriate it. It's just how people talk in her culture. You may be right in saying it's deadass. But if people around her irl say deadarsé, she is going to say deadarsé and none of us can change that. Culture varies. Focus on that little buddy.
Anyway, do what you gotta do. She won't stop using it. Neither will other British people not on the game. Can't stop them. Can't argue with them. Not gonna derail any further. Back to selfies and compliments you beautiful people.
Language is all about interpretation How many accents and different forms of languages are there ? You don’t see English people going oh the Scottish and Irish are misappropriating the language because they’re pronouncing the words wrong. The Americans are taking English words and changing the spelling and definition to make it their own word. So you can’t come at me because I’ve changed a word to how I want to say it. I don’t like the word asś because it’s not the correct English term for that word in the UK, arsè is.
But english came from uk so their pronunciation is the right one I guess. There is no british and american english.There is english and then there are mistakes. End of discussion
(Making an exception this once) Whitewashing would be to tell you to use deadarsé, which no one is. Keep using deadass. But learn to be okay with other variations of words. Not everyone says Color. Some places, its colour.
No shít... and no where near the same thing. You clearly are missing the point. I see your point... you don’t see how it’s unrelated to his main point apparently. You should possibly recheck the definition of whitewashed. I think you’re confused.
@jaco Thank you for explaining your interpretation / your opinion of “deadass”. In the UK we say deadarsè and it’s used a cuss (offend someone). Kinda like they’re irrelevant that’s how it’s used here ?
Someone needs to rename this thread. I'm trying to be creepy and stalk people but the language discussion is preventing this... XD