• lady_maria@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    …why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.

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      8 months ago

      Because most people that use it aren’t African and many aren’t American.

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        8 months ago

        British English is a thing regardless of where it’s used or who by. Fuck else would we call these things?