Showing posts with label Talking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talking. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Speaking Mostly in Slang (Not Interested in Dating (Grey Area))

I am quite aware many of you will read this (and have read other posts in this series) like "Man, she be critical like a mug. I see how she is. Ol' bougie, stuck up BAP. Irregardless of what she say, Imma be me." And that is exactly my point. LoL

Somewhere it is becoming socially acceptable to talk like all the years of sitting in English class learning grammar is a waste. So, blame this blog post on the teacher & Chick Fil A manager banning slang in the classroom & workplace. In which I stand and clap with hearty agreement. I just don't understand why people think talking in slang all the time is cute. Can you imagine if you were ordering a Chicken Biscuit one morning and the person taking your order said, "You want a chicken biscuit or nah. Fam, those be on fleek". I just rolled my eyes at that after I typed it. I wish I would hear some foolishness.

Many of us speak slang, sometimes. I know I do.
It is one of the reasons I am nervous about doing a vlog. I would get too relaxed and sound like some home girl. And I only sound like that to survive walking down the street or I'm very angry. It actually grates my nerves to talk to someone who only or mostly holds their conversation in slang. Especially if the person is claiming to have some smarts about themselves, it's mind numbing. Sometimes, if one could hear my niece, Alura and I engage in conversation, one would laugh.
The scene would contain a lady acting like a grammar teacher and an older teen frustrated with that lady. It is something about talking in slang all the time that sound unintelligent. I hate for people to have a perception that I am dumb. I feel like with me being Black, Plus Size, Southern, and living in the Inner City I can't afford to make that stupid perception be true. And of course that is what I am teaching my niece & nephew. Many times what comes out of your mouth tells a story about you. Whether if it is the true story or not.


Unfortunately, many men on the dating scene were not taught that. Many men don't get that they can talk themselves out of not getting the number or dates with what comes out their mouths. What is wrong with "Hello" or "Hey, How are you doing?”? No, folks want to cool and hip and approach their person of interest with "Say ma, how you be or 'Sup”. Oh and does stop there. Some slip by with a nice Hi and later their conversation gets very sloppy. I went out with a guy once and his approach was cool. Our few phone calls were great. We went out on a date and I thought I had been punked. I had never heard so many uh's and say's while anyone ordered in my life. I thought he might have been nervous until at the end the night and he said "Check this out Guh, I ain't had a good time like this in a long time. That food was gooder than a mug". I was expecting "Check it out, I had a good time. The food was good". Clearly, there was not another date. What is wrong with talking like that? Why does talking lazy have to be the cool thing to do?

Oh I know some of you are sitting there thinking "Well, she needs an educated dude".
No, that is not what I am saying. I have dated men who were former street corner drug dealer that have been to prison with barely a high school diploma that didn't talk lazy all the time. I have also been on college campuses with guys who spoke as if slang was their native tongue. Education has nothing to do with it. Age has nothing to do with how a man talks. I'm not dating anyone under that age of 35 these days. Also rarely, am I even approached by anyone under the age of 30. These are adult men that talk like this, I dislike talking to people who act like it is a bother to talk like one has some sense most days.

I am not saying when a guy is on the basketball court not to speak slang. But who plays basketball all day. I just don't like guys whose conversations are more than 35% of slang. I like men who act like some of the grammar lessons taught to them got through and not be ashamed to speak like it. That's all!!!

Okay let me go edit this bad boy. Make sure this post is on fleek. I can't be talkin' all about how the bruhs be talkin and have all deez errors. I be not that type of Guh. LoL

OAN: If Spell & Grammar check  was a person it would more than likely cussed me out for making it work so hard on the post. ☺☺☺


Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms