“Now how many of y’all think BoBo gonna try to convince us that polls don’t matter… of course unless they are trash for Biden & great for Trump!”

Who speaks like this?

  • candybrie@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “Bobo gonna try” I think the main part that falls into AAVE. A more standard English form would be like, “Bobo is gonna try.” But AAVE will often drop the auxiliary verbs from phrases. Another example would be “I seen you” instead of “I’ve seen you.”