AAVE is a good example of this. Despite being branded as “street talk” or even “black people are too dumb to speak proper English” by racists, a lot of the so-called “mistakes” are actually just following grammar rules consistent with a variety of African languages, that held over after slaves were forced to speak English.
That’s completely different from speaking bad English. For example, “I could care less” isn’t cultural language, it’s stupid. It means the opposite of what you’re trying to say.
How the fuck do you think language evolves? People say what sounds better or is more convenient. If they didn’t we would still be speaking like Shakespeare or have a dozen different conjugations for every use of a word.
AAVE is a good example of this. Despite being branded as “street talk” or even “black people are too dumb to speak proper English” by racists, a lot of the so-called “mistakes” are actually just following grammar rules consistent with a variety of African languages, that held over after slaves were forced to speak English.
That’s completely different from speaking bad English. For example, “I could care less” isn’t cultural language, it’s stupid. It means the opposite of what you’re trying to say.
How the fuck do you think language evolves? People say what sounds better or is more convenient. If they didn’t we would still be speaking like Shakespeare or have a dozen different conjugations for every use of a word.