THE Slang

[DiTopShotta]

sup peepz, i got kinda weird question:

so who started this slang like "da" and "tha"?whats the deference between this two?what does it depend on, when u use which form?
example: "paid tha cost 2 be da boss"
why not "paid da cost 2 be tha boss"?
who started this shit?i noticed 2pac never used "da".
school me bout "ebonics"

 

[inphxerno]

Tha Was Made Up By A Special Ed. Student And It Became A Phenomenon And Da Was Made By A Lazy Kid

 

[DiTopShotta]

^^ Can U Explain It Little Bit Better Please?Me Nuh Special Ed But Who Di Bumboclaat Lazy Kid?Who Did They Made It Up?
Newayz Thx 4 Di Info.

 

[Stealth]

I think its just an evolution of language. The same way running becomes runnin' because its just easier to say during a conversation. The human mind has the ability to "dumb down" language in order to make it more efficient. I don't think there's really a difference between the and da besides spelling. If you listen close enough and argue that there is a phonetic difference between the "d" and "th" sound in the, then there's a chance its just a regional adaptation that caught on, kind of like a dialect.

 

[DiTopShotta]

so why tupac never used "da"?west coast rappers rarely use "da".but some do.
if they "represent" "west coast dialect" so why they still use "da"?

 

[Fucky McFuckerson]

What the fuck are you taking about?

 

[DankedOut707]

DAMN THIS DUDE IS ANNOYING. QUIT WITH THE FAKE JAMAICAN TYPING MR. CLEO


AND TO ADD, THIS QUESTION IS DUMB AS FUCK, HOW SQUARE CAN U BE

 

[WHITE DEVIL]

Na wha gwa maan

Why dey hatin on ya jus fa talkin da talk mon

Sev o Sev you need ti git ya mine right bra

I spit hot fire

 

[DiTopShotta]

why some use "da" and some use "tha"?

 

[ThaG]

so why tupac never used "da"?west coast rappers rarely use "da".but some do.
if they "represent" "west coast dialect" so why they still use "da"?

he's right about that, misspelled words were most extensively used in East Coast rap; Onyx and BCC immediately come to mind

 

[TROLL]

Na wha gwa maan

Why dey hatin on ya jus fa talkin da talk mon

Sev o Sev you need ti git ya mine right bra

I spit hot fire

da bes rapper eez.. dylan.. dylan, dylan dylan dylan.

 

[DiTopShotta]

he's right about that, misspelled words were most extensively used in East Coast rap; Onyx and BCC immediately come to mind

yeh..onyx did fuck up some words fo sho.

so whatup wit dat da and tha thang?

 

[DiTopShotta]

i guess nobody can answer that shit.

 

[ParkBoyz]

sup peepz, i got kinda weird question:

so who started this slang like "da" and "tha"?whats the deference between this two?what does it depend on, when u use which form?
example: "paid tha cost 2 be da boss"
why not "paid da cost 2 be tha boss"?
who started this shit?i noticed 2pac never used "da".
school me bout "ebonics"

Well, African American slang or African American vernacular is probably due in large part by the dumbing down of language but certain lexical items and grammatical structures that are present in African American English Vernacular are also in equal part descended from west African dialects.

This article should be particularly instructive..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English

 

[DiTopShotta]

very nice link thx.
but i dont git it when ppl use both slangs in one sentences

 

[ParkBoyz]

^It's arbitrary

 

[DiTopShotta]

what?

 

[ParkBoyz]

^It's just a matter of style bro, there's no science behind why..