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You all need to get out of Silicon Valley. Creole languages, such as Jamaican are not only completely normal and exist, it's actually not antiquated if you look

by tomlin 4y ago

You all need to get out of Silicon Valley. Creole languages, such as Jamaican are not only completely normal and exist, it's actually not antiquated if you look outside of the US. I do think you need to read more about this. You seem hung up on a singular meaning, which to me says a lot more about you than me. In this context, unless you're going to be obnoxiously pandentic, creole simply means "a bunch of words and phrases smashed together" Really not worth going into highschool mode about.

chitowneats 4y ago
Yeah, and you used it in a way that made it sound derogatory. "Creole bullshit" I expect the Yankees and the city folk to do this unintentionally, but not one of our own. I have never lived in Silicon Valley. My parents are from N'awlins (New Orleans, Louisiana).
- andyferris 4y ago
  What was said is it sounds like bullshit spouted by investors in a pidgin language they made up. Derogatory intent seems doubtful. TIL creole can be a trigger word. I've only heard it used as "a creole language" and have never even heard anyone use the word relating to its original meaning (though I was vaguely aware of it). Personally, I'm more likely to use the word "creole" than "pidgin language", not sure about others though.
  - chitowneats 4y ago
    Creole itself is not a trigger word. Considering it as a poster-child or general term for "bastard", "degenerate", "inbred", or "made-up" way of speaking is the issue. That was the sense I got from the original comment.
    - tomlin 4y ago
      Yeah, except no one said that except you. "your sense" and my own words aren't the same, clearly. All of the words you just used to describe "creole" weren't even on my radar. Didn't even know it was a thing. Take a rest, guy. Also, all languages are "made up".
- msbarnett 4y ago
  > Yeah, and you used it in a way that made it sound derogatory. > "Creole bullshit" They didn't write that it sounds like "creole bullshit", they wrote that it sounds like "investor creole language bullshit" ie) bullshit in an investor creole language ie) investors saying bullshit in a language consisting of words which mean one thing in English but which have a different meaning in the language the investors are speaking. You've clearly totally misinterpreted the original post due to an unfamiliarity with the linguistics term "creole language", a term which does not even derive from the Creole peoples of Louisiana (although both the people and the term share a common French root).

by tomlin 4y ago

chitowneats 4y ago

Yeah, and you used it in a way that made it sound derogatory. "Creole bullshit" I expect the Yankees and the city folk to do this unintentionally, but not one of our own. I have never lived in Silicon Valley. My parents are from N'awlins (New Orleans, Louisiana).

andyferris 4y ago
What was said is it sounds like bullshit spouted by investors in a pidgin language they made up. Derogatory intent seems doubtful. TIL creole can be a trigger word. I've only heard it used as "a creole language" and have never even heard anyone use the word relating to its original meaning (though I was vaguely aware of it). Personally, I'm more likely to use the word "creole" than "pidgin language", not sure about others though.
- chitowneats 4y ago
  Creole itself is not a trigger word. Considering it as a poster-child or general term for "bastard", "degenerate", "inbred", or "made-up" way of speaking is the issue. That was the sense I got from the original comment.
  - tomlin 4y ago
    Yeah, except no one said that except you. "your sense" and my own words aren't the same, clearly. All of the words you just used to describe "creole" weren't even on my radar. Didn't even know it was a thing. Take a rest, guy. Also, all languages are "made up".
msbarnett 4y ago
> Yeah, and you used it in a way that made it sound derogatory. > "Creole bullshit" They didn't write that it sounds like "creole bullshit", they wrote that it sounds like "investor creole language bullshit" ie) bullshit in an investor creole language ie) investors saying bullshit in a language consisting of words which mean one thing in English but which have a different meaning in the language the investors are speaking. You've clearly totally misinterpreted the original post due to an unfamiliarity with the linguistics term "creole language", a term which does not even derive from the Creole peoples of Louisiana (although both the people and the term share a common French root).