Question for Black people..

Jacmob · Jul 30, 2012

*This isn't a racist question but a serious question*

I think this is the right section so here goes..

As a white person, I cannot understand a word a black person says unless they're like a "white" black person or half black.. most of the time like the ghetto black people are like sup bro wuddju uptuh

Now when talking to a black person I can't understand them, but I'm curious.. do black people have a hard time understanding white people as much as we have trouble understanding them? or do they understand white people fine and its just us white people who can't really understand what 'ghetto' or normal black people are saying?

Just curious as I have been pondering about this for a while

X:X · Jul 30, 2012

Its their own slagn... do you talk to your parents and to your friends in the same way?

Jacmob · Jul 30, 2012

X:X said:
Its their own slagn... do you talk to your parents and to your friends in the same way?

This would be different for every person... Sometimes I do.

I know it's their own slang, but even when they talk proper I have to ask them to repeat themselves

Stormstruck · Jul 30, 2012

then you are talking to some people that do not know how to annunciate. It doesn't matter if they're black or white, some people (the redneck stereotype as an example) just aren't easy to understand.

TingBingBong · Jul 30, 2012

It's how the english language can develop into slang, for example i'm from the UK, but if i spoke in Cockney London slang you wouldn't have a clue what i was saying.