> > I'm always suspicious of "all", "every", etc. (overt or implied)
> > when applied to language across any dispersed groups of people.
>
>I *know* that isn't spoken by all African Americans, or spoken only by
>African Americans. That doesn't change the fact that the dialect (or
>group of related dialects?) i'm referring to is called "AAVE".
I was referring to your professors having taken this "all" approach when
presenting AAVE to your class, not your post itself. Sorry I was unclear.
>It may be that in the song... since i myself use both "i've got" and "i
>got", a lot of times i have trouble telling if the [v] is there when
>other people say it.
Music is notoriously difficult for ascertaining pronunication.
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