Subject: Ebonics anyone?
Want to learn a third language? Here are some helpful hints.
Leroy is 18 and in the 8th grade. The standard English language was
difficult for him to grasp. However, with the implementation of the
Ebonics program, his command of the vocabulary came easy for him.
One day, Leroy got an easy homework assignment. All he had to do
was put each of the following standards English vocabulary words in
an Ebonics translated sentence.
Here's what he wrote. (Ebonic style)
1. HOTEL - I gave my girlfriend da crabs and the HOTEL everybody.
2. RECTUM - I had two Cadillacs, but my ol' lady RECTUM both.
3. DISAPPOINTMENT - My parole officer tol me if I miss
DISAPPOINTMENT they gonna send me back to the big house.
4. FORECLOSE - If I pay alimony this month, I'll have no money
FORECLOSE.
5. CATACOMB - Don King was at the fight the other night, Man,
somebody give that CATACOMB.
6. PENIS - I went to da doctor and he handed me a cup and said PENIS.
7. ISRAEL - Alonso tried to sell me a Rolex, I said Man, that looks fake. He said, No, ISRAEL.
8. UNDERMINE - There is a fine lookin' hoe livin' in the apartment
UNDERMINE.
9. TRIPOLI - I was gonna buy my old lady a bra but I couldn't find no
TRIPOLI.
10. STAIN - My mother-in-law axed if I was STAIN for dinner again.
11. SELDOM - My cousin gave me two tickets to the Knicks game, so I
SELDOM.
12. ODYSSEY - I told my bro, you ODYSSEY the tits on this hoe.
13. HORDE - My sister got into trouble because she HORDE around in
school.
14. INCOME - I just got in bed wit dis hoe and INCOME my wife.
15. HONOR - At the rape trial, the judge axed my buddy, who be
HONOR first?
16. FORTIFY - I axed da hoe how much? And she say FORTIFY.
17. MODEM - Gimme some MODEM cookies.