Aside: "good-paying jobs" grates on my grammar nerve for some reason.
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Replying to @o_guest @drugmonkeyblog
seriously, though... I mean I don't care if it's "well" or "good" in any prescriptive sense but it's a weird slip.
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Replying to @o_guest
H-Rod does not "slip". This was focus grouped, believe me.
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Replying to @drugmonkeyblog
like you mean they chose "good-paying" (I feel grodies) as a thing cos ppl said it was good?
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Replying to @o_guest @drugmonkeyblog
Hang on! I think I cracked it! I'm British/Cypriot English-speaking so not always clued but is "good-paying" AAVE? If so...
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Replying to @o_guest @drugmonkeyblog
then it's 100% legit to say and so perhaps she wants to court AAVEs-speakers ergo African Americans??
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Replying to @o_guest @drugmonkeyblog
so yeah TURBO cunning especially since in the US AAVE correlates strongly with low pay (because racism etc).
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