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Our New Favorite Words | Ear Biscuits Ep. 381

Ear Biscuits with Rhett & Link

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The Importance of Proper English

We grew up in a place where proper English was so important, right? And I think it got really, really into our brains. It's even something as specific as the way that you say the word ask, right? Some people might call it ebonics for people to say ax instead of ask. But we do not say things how they're spelled. We say things how people, groups of people, have agreed to say them. "It just comes back to... It's rooted in a racist mindset," he says.

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