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The meme is a conversation between two people on a social media platform. The first person asks why Black people use them in the wrong context, and the second person responds with a photo of two Black men making a "you a b*tch" gesture, followed by the response "you a b*tch." The second person then explains that this phrase is called "copula deletion" or "zero copula," and that it is not an example of a misused "you," but rather an example of a sentence that deletes the copular verb (a) which is a perfectly valid thing to do in that dialect, just as deleting an r/ after a vowel is a perfectly valid thing to do in an upper-class British dialect. The second person then explains that copula deletion is a set of grammatical rules just as complex and systematic as SAE, and that it is not an internalized racism, but rather a  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >   >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >   >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >   >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >   >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >   >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >   >  >  >  >  >  >  >  >   >  >  >  >     >  >  >   >   >  >  >  >  >   >  >   >  >   >  >   >  >     >    >   >      >     >

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2023-05-10T21:03:32+00:00

tesseract

why do black people use you In the wrong context? such Is "you ugly” Instead of "you're ugly” | know u guys can differentiate, it's a nuisance you a bitch Soe RW eS rere Be are AN a ee SS a 2s > pe “gee a aR. =e = a i minbrat: rsbenedict I's called copula deletion, or zero copula. Many languages and dialects, including Ancient Greek and Russian, delete the copula (the verb fo be) when the context is obvious, $0 an utterance lke “you a bitch” in AAVE Is not an example of a misused you, but an example of a sentence that deletes the copular verb (are), which is a perfectly valid thing to do in that dialect, just as deleting an /r/ after a vowel Is a perfectly valid thing to do in an upper- class British dialect What's more, it’s been shown that copula deletion occurs In AAVE exactly in those contexts where copula contraction occurs in so-called “Standard American English.” That Is, the basic sentence “You are great” can become “You're great” in SAE and “You great” in AAVE, but “I know who: you are” cannot become “I know who you're” In SAE, and according to reports nether can you get “I know who you" In AAVE. In other words, AVE isa set of grammatical rules just as complex and systematic as SAE, and the widespread belie that itis not is nothing more than yet another manifestation of deeply internalized racism. you abiten 90.754 notes eoe