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> products be endlessly repackaged I don't speak English at home either, so I hope this helps. It's "products are", not "products be".
by dotancohen 3mo ago
> products be endlessly repackaged
I don't speak English at home either, so I hope this helps. It's "products are", not "products be".
- pmarreck 3mo agoi’m thinking it’s an intentional turn of phrase so for example in native English, if someone upset some people, you might say, just to be creatively different: “oh boy. people be big mad” it is an idiom, not necessarily officially part of the language. just saying things in a silly way to be different “now you’ve done it… People be cryin’!” I think it might also be an echo of pidgin English/Creole/caribbean English? Would be an interesting language dive. Ask an AI!
- satvikpendem 3mo agoIt's ebonics, a slang or dialect version of using "are."
- frollogaston 3mo agoAnd it's more like "are being" here (present imperfect)
- sheept 3mo agoLinguistically it's particularly interesting since it marks the habitual aspect, and standard English has no grammatical equivalent.[0] [0]: https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/invariant-be#who-says-this https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/invariant-be#who-says-this
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- dotancohen 3mo agoEbonics, from the root ebony, meaning black-speak? I can't believe that's still acceptable.
- navane 3mo agosometimes it do be like that
- ishouldstayaway 3mo agoa) This was probably just a typo for "being". b) Hey but at least you can learn something today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitual_be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitual_be
- dotancohen 3mo agoThank you.
- johanyc 3mo agoIsn't it just slang? Foobar be like ...