View Poll Results: Which ethnolect do you prefer?

Voters
13. You may not vote on this poll
  • African-American Vernacular English

    1 7.69%
  • Chicano English

    9 69.23%
  • Both in equal measure

    3 23.08%
Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 45

Thread: Which ethnolect do you prefer: African-American or Chicano?

  1. #1
    Veteran Member Apricity Funding Member
    "Friend of Apricity"


    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Last Online
    Today @ 09:00 PM
    Ethnicity
    British and Colombian
    Country
    Wales
    Gender
    Posts
    73,711
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 26,041
    Given: 43,518

    0 Not allowed!

    Default Which ethnolect do you prefer: African-American or Chicano?

    For its size, the US doesn't really have that many regional accents (at least compared to the UK, at any rate). However, it does have some prominent ethnolects, the two main ones being African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and Chicano, or Mexican-American English. So, which of the two do you (vaguely) prefer?

  2. #2
    TA fisherman association TheMaestro's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 07:00 PM
    Ethnicity
    Fisherman remnant
    Country
    South Africa
    Region
    Texas
    Politics
    Reformed Centrist
    Gender
    Posts
    19,345
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 17,127
    Given: 9,061

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Don’t know Chicano accent, as for AfroAmericans idk if this is my perception they tend to elongate words, which sounds funny and really chill as if they smoke weed 24/7, so Idk if it’s good or not.

  3. #3
    Veteran Member Apricity Funding Member
    "Friend of Apricity"


    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Last Online
    Today @ 09:00 PM
    Ethnicity
    British and Colombian
    Country
    Wales
    Gender
    Posts
    73,711
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 26,041
    Given: 43,518

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    In this 1990's children's comedy drama, California Dreams, you have an example of both Chicano English (Lorena) and AAVE (Tony), albeit both of mild varieties:
    Last edited by Tooting Carmen; 06-10-2020 at 11:12 PM.

  4. #4
    Veteran Member Apricity Funding Member
    "Friend of Apricity"


    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Last Online
    Today @ 09:00 PM
    Ethnicity
    British and Colombian
    Country
    Wales
    Gender
    Posts
    73,711
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 26,041
    Given: 43,518

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TheMaestro View Post
    Don’t know Chicano accent, as for AfroAmericans idk if this is my perception they tend to elongate words, which sounds funny and really chill as if they smoke weed 24/7, so Idk if it’s good or not.
    What do you mean?

  5. #5
    Aen Seidhe InfamousAngel99's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2019
    Last Online
    01-12-2023 @ 10:50 PM
    Location
    Rivendell
    Ethnicity
    Euro-mutt
    Ancestry
    European (North, South, East, and West).
    Country
    United States
    mtDNA
    U5b2c
    Relationship Status
    Single
    Age
    22
    Gender
    Posts
    1,126
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 1,984
    Given: 783

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    I care more about the content of a person's words than how they speak them. I'm indifferent to either accent, as well as any other accent in the world.
    "Tainted souls who try to purify themselves with blood are like the man who steps in filth and thinks to bathe in sewage."
    - Heraclitus

  6. #6
    Veteran Member
    Apricity Funding Member
    "Friend of Apricity"

    hmaohma78's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2020
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Nevada
    Meta-Ethnicity
    Mestizo
    Ethnicity
    Mexican American
    Ancestry
    Mostly Iberian and Amerindian/ 3% to 2% Scottish Miniscule African
    Country
    United States
    Region
    Nevada
    Age
    22
    Gender
    Posts
    1,878
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 2,631
    Given: 3,857

    2 Not allowed!

    Default

    I'm gonna say Mexican American accent; but I may be biased so.

  7. #7
    Veteran Member Zroota's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Last Online
    03-02-2024 @ 11:09 PM
    Meta-Ethnicity
    Upper Mesopotamian
    Ethnicity
    Assyrian, Georgian Jewish, minor Armenian
    Ancestry
    Chalcolithic Armenia (EHG), Anatolian Neolithic Farmer (AHG), Copper Age Zagros, Canaan, Urartu, Ass
    Country
    Australia
    Politics
    Libertarian
    Religion
    Irreligious
    Gender
    Posts
    8,541
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 4,784
    Given: 10,478

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Mexican American accent

  8. #8
    Veteran Member Apricity Funding Member
    "Friend of Apricity"


    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Last Online
    Today @ 09:00 PM
    Ethnicity
    British and Colombian
    Country
    Wales
    Gender
    Posts
    73,711
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 26,041
    Given: 43,518

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    bump

  9. #9
    Hellenic Zeno's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2019
    Last Online
    Today @ 10:25 PM
    Meta-Ethnicity
    Hellenic
    Ethnicity
    Greek
    Ancestry
    Peloponnese
    Country
    Greece
    Taxonomy
    Pontid
    Age
    21
    Gender
    Posts
    7,896
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 9,418
    Given: 7,888

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    AY YO, MUH NIGGAH

    WAT DO YOU IMPLYIN' WIT' DAT QUESTION AN' SHIIIIEEET DAWG?!
    "Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not"
    - Επίκουρος

  10. #10
    Banned
    Join Date
    Sep 2019
    Last Online
    07-29-2023 @ 05:42 PM
    Location
    --
    Meta-Ethnicity
    --
    Ethnicity
    ---
    Ancestry
    --
    Country
    United States
    Region
    Quebec City
    Y-DNA
    --
    mtDNA
    --
    Taxonomy
    --
    Politics
    --
    Religion
    -+
    Relationship Status
    Single
    Gender
    Posts
    10,090
    Thumbs Up
    Received: 6,244
    Given: 1,444

    0 Not allowed!

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    For its size, the US doesn't really have that many regional accents (at least compared to the UK, at any rate). However, it does have some prominent ethnolects, the two main ones being African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) and Chicano, or Mexican-American English. So, which of the two do you (vaguely) prefer?
    I may be mistaken but it seems to me ebonics sounds less educated than Chicano in general.

Page 1 of 5 12345 LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 551
    Last Post: 03-24-2023, 07:39 AM
  2. Replies: 18
    Last Post: 06-05-2021, 11:05 PM
  3. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 11-24-2019, 08:40 PM
  4. Replies: 7
    Last Post: 11-21-2018, 07:01 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •