[SOC] EIGHTH GRADE FINAL EXAM

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Of course, today we have things like:

THE EBONICS APTITUDE TEST

  
Sum o yo Info 
Yo Native Name
Da numbaz on yo crib
Yo Mofo hometown 
(1) It wuz dursday, five o'clock. ah' wuz walkin' plantation fum wo'k when
dere wuz some large disturbance. What it is, Mama! No'mally, ah' go
plantation to mah' mama and kids, feed da (2) bud a big-ass dinner, and den
go t'bed. Dis day wuz different. 
Out in de street, some car had turned ova' and (3) sucka's wuz screamin' all
around. It peeped likes two sucka's wuz caught in de flamin' car. Ah be
baaad... No one wuz around t'help. Quickly, ah' to'e off mah' suit and ran
towards de wreckedge t'offa' my help. Even dough dis happened five minutes
ago, dere wuz still no (4)honky pigs officers o' fire fighters o' emergency
teams arrivin'. 
A'cuz ah' am smart, ah' brought out mah' handy wrench and unscrewed da damn
bolt fum some fire hydrant. Dis caused some lot uh (5)booze t'come out.
Derefo'e, de fire wuz put out and everybody wuz safe fo' de moment. Den, ah'
realized dat da damn car wuz fallin' apart and wuz still real hot. ah'
knowed dat it wuz down to me t'save da damn sucka's inside uh de car. Ah be
baaad... ah' tried t'jimmey de doo'. ah' tried t'punch out da damn window
wid mah' fist uh steel. 
Nodin' wo'ked. Finally, two brother kids and ah' turned ova' de wheels wid
our bare hands and pulled da damn passengers to safety. (6)Slap mah fro!
Afta' we had finished, de honky pigs arrived and told everyone t'stand back.
ah' realized dat ah' burned mah' hands and would neva' be able t'right again
 'S coo', bruh. ah' cried, cuz' I realized dat my (7)letta' writin' campaign
t'instituted ebonics in farm would neva' continue. What it is, Mama! 
Monds later, letters came t'my crib, offerin' t'help wid my cause. What it
is, Mama! ah' wuz so's touched by dis sympady dat ah' cried. (8)Finally,
sucka's wuz dig itin' de value uh sub-standard lin'uistics! 

1. The etymology of Dursday is: 
>From sum foo who got hit upside da head 
It be from sum otha hood. 
Sum brotha 'ready axed me dis..I no no 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

2. Bud most likely refers to: 
Sum dank azz nugz oh mary jane 
Yo homey 
Da brotha in dis storey hisself 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

3. This line is borrowed from the work of: 
That dead homes Easy-E 
The diggity Snoop Doggy Dog 
The phatty Too Short 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

4. Honkey is "old" ebonics, its closest current synonym is: 
bitch ass 
whitey 
I no like no synomyn on my mofo toast 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

5. Instead of "booze to flow out", which would be most correct: 
gatt cappin gangstats de flo 
foty o de flo 
c notez de flo 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

6. This idiomatic expression is commonly misused to mean: 
Cold chillin in effect y'all 
I aints gots no time fo yo jive ass 
I needs some eats 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

7. A common complaint about this sentence is: 
Da mailz controlled by the man. 
I been got maced by sum whitey post office werker. Da same teng happens de
me. 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

8. The sentence (8) refers to can best be paraphrased as: 
Ebonics be da bomb. 
Yo, kazzam is da bomb, ebonics be phat. 
Yo both foolin'. Ebonics is da shit yo. 
Yo uncle tom azz lookin fo a fight? 

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Date: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:27:52 AM
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Subject: [SOC] EIGHTH GRADE FINAL EXAM

Subject: EIGHTH GRADE FINAL EXAM!!!

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