Funky Y2C (African American Vernacular English In YouTube Comment Thread)

Edited by Azizi PowellThis is another post in my ongoing series which documents the use of African American Vernacular English in certain YouTube comment threads.This post is also Part I in a three part series of posts on the "Funky Y2C" (Hey Little Mama) record. Part II of this series provides a more correct transcription of those song's lyrics than the transcriptions that are currently found on lyric websites. Part III provides an interpretation of some of the lyrics of that song from African American Vernacular English to Standard American English....

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