• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    7 months ago

    The use of “over stand” in place of “understand” suggests that they may be some kind of Rastafarian sovcit. Are those a phenomenon?

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      7 months ago

      Black sovcits tend to call themselves Moorish Delegates.

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        Do they inherit specifically Rastafarian linguistic taboos, like swapping positive and negative word fragments where appropriate (so “understand” becomes “overstand” and “oppression” becomes “downpression”)?

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          No idea, I tune them out when they start talking, as I do for the white sovcits.