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by yieldcrv 951 days ago
speaking of which, "african american vernacular english" likely has scottish and irish influence too

origins are still up for debate, but the plantation owners were more established families speaking a more accepted English dialect, while the field hands would more likely be newer voluntary immigrants such as Scottish and Irish and more interaction and cross drift with the West African slaves

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You do be making a good point.