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A nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States.

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  • As though AAVE is an arbitrary system of made-up words, rather than something real people use every day?
  • AAVE aka ebonics aks Black English was spoken neither by
  • But I’m not pointing this story out solely because it’s interesting or because I think the tense system of AAVE is kind of beautiful.
  • I disagree that Oprah is good at AAVE code-switching.
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