tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post8204178786777857264..comments2023-10-31T06:20:45.622-05:00Comments on Raving Black Lunatic: Chill, Baby, ChillBig Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-82067286462483876312008-04-17T13:43:00.000-05:002008-04-17T13:43:00.000-05:00Good post!It drives me nutty when Americans say "N...Good post!<BR/><BR/>It drives me nutty when Americans say "No worries" (I noticed it about five years ago).<BR/><BR/>"No worries, mate" is **Aussie** slang -- dangit!!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>--GGGye Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972251323124084977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-28927485755386099842008-04-03T20:41:00.000-05:002008-04-03T20:41:00.000-05:00Big Man, I so look forward to reading your posts a...Big Man, I so look forward to reading your posts and have actually missed them this past week.<BR/>This one had me laughing out loud too .. oh man, mayo sandwiches and all.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how to defend my appropriating any and all useful language that I come across because 1)I had to assimilate after moving to this country (plus, the woman who taught my mother to speak much of her english was a black woman from W.Virginia ... oh man, the garbled slang that gave birth to!) and 2)language is such an elastic and evolving thing that to restrict ourselves from new, to me, evocative terms and phrases would be akin to refusing to use spices and herbs not of my native upbringing. It's like salt to meat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-76859466054374157312008-04-03T18:30:00.000-05:002008-04-03T18:30:00.000-05:00Big Man Bub!! Great post homie!! I haven't read th...Big Man Bub!! Great post homie!! I haven't read these in a minute but you are on point and I just lost my job for lauging so loud!!! (just kidding on the job part)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-70975996589981373242008-04-01T15:12:00.000-05:002008-04-01T15:12:00.000-05:00I can't grant you a nigger pass Deacon Blue, but I...I can't grant you a nigger pass Deacon Blue, but I'm glad you're not bitter about it like some folks seem to be.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I appreciate the comments folks. I wasn't sure about this post.<BR/><BR/>But, check out the one for Wednesday, I'm very sure it's going to be a good one.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-25627918830792768882008-04-01T13:55:00.000-05:002008-04-01T13:55:00.000-05:00Mad props to you for this post, Big Man. Oh, man, ...Mad props to you for this post, Big Man. Oh, man, now I've gone and done it, too... (My wife always get on my case when I accidentally use "hip" language of any decade from any cultural group, even my own...my 16-year-old actually finds it funny).<BR/><BR/>I don't think I could ever live long enough to "earn" the right to use the N-word, not even if God went and gave me immortality. I don't even feel right using it in an academic/neutral sense (e.g. Did you know so-and-so said N----?). I cringe when someone like Quentin Tarantino thinks they've got a pass on using it just because they've hung with some black folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-88421515189926605172008-04-01T13:00:00.000-05:002008-04-01T13:00:00.000-05:00I bet if we go back to calling Bill Clinton "Slick...I bet if we go back to calling Bill Clinton "Slick Willy", he might drop gangsta and tell us "coons" to do more than "chill out".<BR/><BR/>For which we would have a very appropriate response like STHU.<BR/><BR/>I'm a girl, but I don't like it when you call me "dude" until you find out my gender. Apart from that, the kids come up with some mad words that make me laugh, and I make them laugh because I can use them in context and be thought of as "cool" (ask my grown nieces if you don't believe me).<BR/><BR/>I thought a "shortie" was someone's girlfriend...?The Christian Progressive Liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04445662404937684518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-35460113711502264302008-04-01T12:18:00.000-05:002008-04-01T12:18:00.000-05:00dude, that was a good post.dude, that was a good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-76225166010870206852008-04-01T09:39:00.000-05:002008-04-01T09:39:00.000-05:00Man, everybody down here says dude. That's how we ...Man, everybody down here says dude. That's how we roll.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-72584127448115447122008-04-01T07:44:00.000-05:002008-04-01T07:44:00.000-05:00I knew I wasn't the only black person in the count...I knew I wasn't the only black person in the country who says dude. KNEW IT!!!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900726730265994177noreply@blogger.com