uhhhhh... i was today years old when i learned about AAVE/BVE

to be honest i got a VERY complicated feeling about this

like, im fully aware that deliberately using certain kinds of dialects just to make yourself sound "cool" (which, even as a L2 English user, i can often tell) is stupid, but most of the time i just see people using these words in their casual and friendly speeches...

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well bc it& #39;s on twitter and i can& #39;t always tell the ethnicity of the accounts that appears on my screen??? besides why would i wanna check people& #39;s ethnicity FIRST when i read their posts???

(ughhh im really bad at writing long posts) what im trying to say is, as much as i wanna avoid offending people on their race/culture/etc. (and i make an effort for it), there may still be times i misuse words *without even knowing* and *having no way to tell that beforehand*,

and i believe many non native English speakers face similar situations like i do.

so i have to humbly ask whoever sees this thread, if you believe that i or someone else is using certain expressions inappropriately, please try talking to me/them politely first!