AAVE names

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I met a girl at uni called Amerika ... pronounced with stressed /i:/. She was from America.
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific
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Astraios wrote:
Zontas wrote:Most of the time, Hebrew uses Tsadik Geresh in native words.
What native words? :s
Mostly slang.
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Zontas wrote:Mostly slang.
For example...?
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Astraios wrote:
Zontas wrote:Mostly slang.
For example...?
Chupar (treat).
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lol chupar is spanish for giving sb a blowjob (or suck sth). I feel especially silly today.
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Well clearly you guys had the same thing in mind when you came up with that word
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Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdmiZyyGjQ

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