What a strange twist on the attack of speech, by “The Guardian.” I’m as guilty of some of these grammar faux pas as anyone, but following rules of good grammar is not a form of snobbery. It’s a recognition of good education.
I’m sure we all remember the adoption of “ebonics” a few years back. It’s so common, now, that it has become part of the main stream culture. There’s even an entry for it on Wikipedia and the Urban Dictionary.
Wikipedia.org: Ebonics may refer to:
- African American Vernacular English, a distinctive lect, or variety, of English spoken by African Americans, sometimes called Ebonics
- Ebonics (word), a term that is used for what linguists far more often term African American Vernacular English, and that was originally used with strong connotations of the African origin of this language
- Oakland Ebonics controversy, generated by the recognition in December 1996 by the Oakland, California school board of “Ebonics” (i.e. African-American Vernacular English) as a distinct language
- Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks, a 1975 book by social scientist Robert Williams
- “Ebonics (Criminal Slang)”, a song by rapper Big L from the album The Big Picture
Urban Dictionary: A poor excuse for a failure to grasp the basics of english. When in doubt, throw an “izzle” sound in the middle of any word of just string random thoughts together and insinuate that they actually mean something. When backed into a corner, you can always claim that it has something to do with a sort of symbolism or is a defining trait that makes your race great, versus own up to the fact that it is essentially laziness at it’s finest.
Plim-plizzle, my nizzle, don’ foget bouts tha six-fo, chuch, dawg up in da hood, chilly my grilly. fo sho.
And while they don’t describe it with any kind of respectful, english mastery, again, they do recognize it as part of the culture.
The Guardian, an international news publication, whose business it is to communicate news and events, via the english language, has been overtaken by political correctness to the extent it is willing to throw it’s own professionalism under the double decker bus and label those who use, and speak, under the rules of the english language as “GRAMMAR SNOBS.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1n1niMBbaI
The Daily Wire reports: Correcting grammatical errors is typically a function of a racial “power imbalance” used to silence minorities who a “struggling” to have their voices heard, according to a journalist at communist bastion The Guardian.
“Grammar snobs are patronizing, pretentious, and just plain wrong,” claims Mona Chalabi, before touching on how rules and standards for the use of language tend to evolve over time.
Chalabi then advances the neo-Marxist narrative of power discrepancies between groups, casting “older, wealthier, whiter” persons as neo-Kulaks. Those with poorer grammar, it is implied, belong to a neo-proletariat in need of benevolent protection from enlightened bourgeois socialites such as journalists employed by The Guardian.
“It doesn’t take much to see the power imbalance when it comes to grammar snobbery. The people pointing out he mistakes are more likely to be older, wealthier, whiter, or just plain academic than the people they’re treating with condescension. All too often, it’s a way to silence people, and that’s particularly offensive when it’s someone who might already be struggling to speak up,” concludes Chalabi.
Judging by her recent work, it appears that Chalabi fancies herself well-informed on American politics. She operates as a go-to source for news and analysis about the 2016 presidential election for The Guardian’s readership.
Currently working on a documentary entitled “Is Britain Racist?”, Chalabi is investigating today’s most pressing issues facing the U.K.
I’m proud to say, I aspire to be a “grammar snob.” I work to, although do not always, achieve correct expression via the rules of english grammar. I did spend some time in school, attended my studies, and with some effort, learned the basic foundational rules of correct communication. I see nothing wrong with that. No need to lower the bar for those who choose not to invest in themselves, to the detriment of those of us who do.