potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoA Jamaican accent just makes me smilelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1709arrow-down119
arrow-up1690arrow-down1external-linkA Jamaican accent just makes me smilelemmy.worldpotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoIt’s called a creole language. An even simpler version is a pidgin language (there’s an example posted in one of the comments). Creole is usually a more evolved pidgin. Developed by children of creole speakers.
minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·5 months agoi am aware of what creoles and pidgins are, yes. making fun of them is racism.
minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoThe post is mocking a language, not the people who speak it. It may be in poor taste, but its not racist.
It’s called a creole language. An even simpler version is a pidgin language (there’s an example posted in one of the comments). Creole is usually a more evolved pidgin. Developed by children of creole speakers.
i am aware of what creoles and pidgins are, yes. making fun of them is racism.
The post is mocking a language, not the people who speak it. It may be in poor taste, but its not racist.