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1DCB_int_010.5710Talk about how people talk about in- uh, talk about3.2497
3 3.3828how people talk in this area.5.0556 
4DCB_se3_ag1_m_016.3000It's like with a accent sometimes.8.3641
6 8.6121[I] think9.1695 
7DCB_int_018.6121[Like-]8.8813
8DCB_se3_ag1_m_019.6070like,10.0204
10 10.7210in DC we create our own12.2690 
12 12.6573accent. We be like, dang, or-14.9134 
14 15.6280or-15.9972 
16 17.1369or with-17.6624 
18 17.8586or- um,18.8313 
20 21.9853I wanna say22.7490 
22 23.4872we create our own words.24.9586 
23DCB_int_0125.5541Give me some words that y'all- you think DC people create.28.6846
24DCB_se3_ag1_m_0128.7796Like, stink.29.6475
25DCB_int_0130.5102What does that mean?30.9376
26DCB_se3_ag1_m_0130.9236That means like, boo.31.8709
27DCB_int_0134.0834Like,34.4120
29 34.9197you my boo?35.5573 
30DCB_se3_ag1_m_0135.8866Right, like boo like,37.1127
32 37.4911like boo,38.1427 
33DCB_int_0138.2758Oh like [boo.]39.1166
34DCB_se3_ag1_m_0138.6822[Like bae], bae.39.6482
35DCB_int_0139.7331Oh like bae, oh.40.8471
36DCB_se3_ag1_m_0140.8847Okay.41.4592
38 41.5853I think42.0968 
40 42.3560we- we-43.2529 
42 43.4911I think we use the term real good, like bae,45.8382 
44 46.4246we came up with bae.47.3005 
46 48.8815I wanna say49.8204 
48 55.6872I have heard the term op,57.4388 
50 58.0834that means police.59.0520 
51DCB_int_0161.2458[Hm.]62.2287
52DCB_se3_ag1_m_0161.5751[<laugh>]62.1057
53 63.0255It's- it's so many other terms like, um-65.3821
55 71.0178I'm not with it, I don't like the slang talk, I tell people that.74.1357 
57 74.9204Um,75.3548 
59 79.1197what else?79.9955 
60DCB_int_0181.3267Let me ask you if you know [these or you've] heard them.83.1677
61DCB_se3_ag1_m_0182.4094[Mm-hm.]82.7663
62DCB_int_0183.8107Do you- have you heard people say bama?85.1790
63DCB_se3_ag1_m_0185.5273Yes.86.0387
64DCB_int_0186.1368What does that mean?86.7744
65DCB_se3_ag1_m_0187.2228Like,87.5661
67 88.1827you look a mess.88.9316 
69 89.8177That's what that means.90.6094 
70DCB_int_0190.6445<laugh>91.4922
72 91.9266Do you use that word?92.9200 
73DCB_se3_ag1_m_0192.9285Mm-mm.93.4241
74DCB_int_0193.6642Mm-mm?94.0610
75DCB_se3_ag1_m_0194.7878No.95.0540
76DCB_int_0195.0750What about cised?96.1579
77DCB_se3_ag1_m_0197.3941Cise?98.0317
78DCB_int_0198.1929Mm-hm.98.5021
79DCB_se3_ag1_m_0199.1037Mm-mm.99.5973
80DCB_int_01100.4209Um,101.2711
82 103.7164uh, juiced?104.7534 
83DCB_se3_ag1_m_01105.6222Mm-hm.106.0463
84DCB_int_01106.1967What does that mean?106.6990
85DCB_se3_ag1_m_01106.6546Like you got all the information, like you good on it, like you know what you're talking about.109.7374
86DCB_int_01109.9056Oh okay.110.3989
88 110.8655Um,111.7343 
90 112.1476what about, uh-113.5200 
91DCB_se3_ag1_m_01113.4884Oh, jazzing 'em, you ever heard that?114.8827
92DCB_int_01115.1839What does that mean?115.8636
93DCB_se3_ag1_m_01115.8566Like you cising that person /out/ or like you- you making it better than it is, like you jazzing 'em, like you-120.1610
94 120.9597you bringing their le- like, head level up, you- you exciting that person.124.3368
95DCB_int_01124.5355Okay.125.0400
96DCB_se3_ag1_m_01125.1241Drawing 'em, you drawing attention.126.7790
98 127.2960It's all coming to me now that you saying stuff like that.129.5498 
100 130.2478Yeah.130.5881 
101DCB_int_01131.5457Um, let me see some other ones,133.7907
103 133.9236uh-134.9024 
105 137.1687Mm.137.5657 
107 140.8998I think this one is older like, lunching.142.4380 
108DCB_se3_ag1_m_01142.7216Yes.143.2287
110 143.8060[Lunching.]144.3665 
111DCB_int_01144.0362[What-]144.2798
112 144.3699What does that mean?144.9304
113DCB_se3_ag1_m_01144.9237Like,145.1773
114 145.3942something wrong with you, like you not- you not fully functioning right now.148.1677
116 148.5147You a little off.149.5290 
117DCB_int_01149.6825Who says it like, [older people] or younger people?151.9681
118DCB_se3_ag1_m_01150.5333[A lot of people.]151.2938
120 151.9247No, a lot of younger people.153.6502 
121 155.2254A lot of young people say that,156.4866
123 156.8036lunching, y- like, you lunching.158.2016 
125 158.5353But I don't think159.2602 
127 159.6639we-159.9875 
129 161.2955Yeah,161.6959 
131 162.2698a lot of young people say it, I don't think a lot of older people say it.164.4452 
132DCB_int_01165.3536What about something like Joe or Bob or Mo, like when you call- like, what up Bob [/or Mo/?]170.0915
133DCB_se3_ag1_m_01169.4209[Kill Mo], right?170.5720
134DCB_int_01170.5386Kill M- oh, what does kill mean?172.1423
135DCB_se3_ag1_m_01172.5481Kill mean like, right, like you right.174.3699
136DCB_int_01174.5734Oh like, right Mo, kill Mo.176.0754
137DCB_se3_ag1_m_01176.1257Yeah, right, you [use it exactly right.]178.2697
138DCB_int_01177.0933[/Alright. Okay/.] Okay, so like-179.6058
139 180.2731but do you hear people calling people Mo and [Bob?]182.9053
140DCB_se3_ag1_m_01182.6729[Mm-hm.]183.0933
141DCB_int_01183.5805And183.9775
143 184.1277what do you- in this [area, /?/]185.6193 
144DCB_se3_ag1_m_01185.0119[Bod.]185.5057
145DCB_int_01185.7092Bob?186.2650
146DCB_se3_ag1_m_01186.4633No, bod. Another one is b-187.9114
148 188.2717bod like, please bob.189.4704 
150 189.9675Like please tell the truth like, swear.191.5357 
152 192.1596It's [another word] for swear, [like-]193.3141 
153DCB_int_01192.3331[Oh.]192.6268
155 193.0639[How do you] spell it?193.7068 
156DCB_se3_ag1_m_01194.0114Bob like,194.7008
158 194.8731B-O-B.195.4070 
159DCB_int_01195.5738Oh.195.9279
160DCB_se3_ag1_m_01196.3179Bob like, please bob.197.6109
162 198.2764Please bob.198.9070 
164 200.2984Like tell the truth.201.0472 
165DCB_int_01201.6639Mm.202.2745
167 202.8617What about, um-204.2941 
168DCB_se3_ag1_m_01204.9671/Vinesse/205.6739
170 205.9280you ever heard that? Like somebody just took something from you, like they just /vinesse/ you for your drink. You know?210.3532 
172 210.7636Stuff like that (laughing) like-212.0081 
173DCB_int_01212.6521Like the street name?213.7420
174DCB_se3_ag1_m_01213.9942Like /vinesse/ like, no.215.2855
176 216.0729Like /vinesse/.216.9604 
177DCB_int_01217.7212Mm.218.3484
178DCB_se3_ag1_m_01218.3059Like somebody just /vinesse/ you.220.1010
179DCB_int_01221.5691They just took something.222.4132
180DCB_se3_ag1_m_01222.3765Right.222.7969
181DCB_int_01224.2817I've never heard that.225.1267
182DCB_se3_ag1_m_01225.1834Mm,225.3669
184 225.6072right.225.9375 
186 226.1110DC thing.226.6828 
187DCB_int_01227.3322What about, um, like can you call something like a joint?229.8513
189 230.0682Like, that's my joint?230.9447 
190DCB_se3_ag1_m_01230.9732Yeah.231.4604
191DCB_int_01231.6639What does it mean?232.2044
192DCB_se3_ag1_m_01232.5915Like that's my- <laugh>233.5827
194 234.7169Like,235.0492 
196 235.2173it could be anything. Like that's my-236.7488 
198 236.8798that's like, my joint.237.9041 
200 238.3512But normally,239.0452 
202 239.7359the term joint is used for like when you have a /unintelligible/ like-242.7588 
204 243.4715like that's my girl, like don't mess with her.245.2726 
205DCB_int_01246.8489[Mm.]247.7531
206DCB_se3_ag1_m_01247.2626[That's my shorty], joint,248.5506
207 248.8242bae,249.2613
209 249.4748stink.250.0420 
211 251.3074Forever.251.9147 
213 252.2817That's my ace,253.1092 
215 253.3027I've heard that before.254.2721 
217 255.8585/Right/.256.1087 
218DCB_int_01257.8913So do you feel like- so you said you don't use these [words?]261.3332
219DCB_se3_ag1_m_01261.0911[Mm-mm.]261.5352
220 261.6750[No.]262.0871
221DCB_int_01261.7084[Why?]262.0610
222DCB_se3_ag1_m_01262.3657Cause I feel like263.0864
224 264.0581as black people we're already targeted266.0267 
226 267.7084because of who we are.268.7594 
228 269.2707So we don't need to come up with slang to make us look271.4295 
230 274.0387less educated.274.8995 
232 275.3875You know what I'm saying?275.9380 
233DCB_int_01276.0014Mm-hm.276.4049
234DCB_se3_ag1_m_01276.4085I mean, it has its times for it,277.8599
236 278.2369but when you in a classroom279.5749 
238 279.9820and you have280.6993 
240 281.9047a w- Caucasian teacher that's teaching you,284.0034 
242 285.2079and you say,285.8718 
244 286.2455oh you drawing 'em, like she doing too much,288.2750 
246 289.0992it's a problem.289.9767 
248 290.6206When you have people that's-291.7651 
250 292.4624donors that's donating from the school and you294.6254 
252 295.1692in here saying, oh she wilin-296.6774 
254 296.7708she wilin out. Like,297.8752 
256 298.9095come on now.299.6526 
258 300.2417We already targeted cause we African American.302.1335 
260 302.5372We don't need to draw more attention to ourselves.304.8186 
262 305.8546I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying-307.4395 
264 307.7698I'm not trying to sound like,308.7641 
266 309.0611oh no, that's bad, we don't need to have that language. But it's a time and a place where312.4452 
268 312.6988language should be used.313.9934 
270 314.3971In a professional315.3380 
272 315.7918work setting,316.4324 
274 316.9362for me that's school. That's anybody professional work setting. If you319.8499 
276 320.2169in school320.7441 
278 320.9309that's-321.2865 
280 322.1655Stuff like that, you shouldn't be able to- you shouldn't be using that324.6888 
282 324.8556during that time.325.5304 
284 326.0834Now, whatever you wanna do later, that's you.328.5692 
286 329.1072I just don't use that language.330.7088 
288 331.1692That's not me.331.7898 
289DCB_int_01335.3241/Yeah/ I totally get it.336.3371
290DCB_se3_ag1_m_01336.3985[Right.]336.7352
291DCB_int_01336.4352[I totally] get it. And my last question, if you had to leave a piece of advice339.6149
292 340.0587to whoever you want to leave it to, what would that advice be?342.3270
293DCB_se3_ag1_m_01342.9223Courage.343.5565
294DCB_int_01345.2913Explain.345.8452
295DCB_se3_ag1_m_01345.8752Have the courage to be yourself.347.3841
297 348.0748Cause nowadays we-349.4608 
299 350.8041we wanna fit in.351.8351 
301 352.3490We wanna fit in with the people, we wanna fit in with the rappers, we wanna fit in with the-356.4338 
303 357.0043we wanna fit in with the- with the boy next to us because he got on360.2550 
305 360.6287all the-360.9457 
307 361.8365he got on the new Jordans.363.3821 
309 364.3690And we wanna fit in with365.6978 
311 367.2560him cause he smart, he gonna-368.8342 
313 369.5015he got-369.8652 
315 370.1588he got- he got things that he can do.371.8613 
317 372.5453Be yourself.373.4562 
319 373.6230Have the courage to be yourself.375.0191 
321 375.3647Have the courage to do what's right.376.6693 
323 377.1172And have the courage to go to school378.6587 
325 378.8089and make something of yourself.380.4671 
327 381.2946Or you don't even have to go to school but just have the courage383.5276 
329 383.8880to say that I can-384.9991 
331 385.3994I can do this.386.5445 
333 386.8175Have the mindset.387.9920 
335 389.9514Cause390.2184 
337 390.5920it's within yourself, you have to trust yourself.392.5739 
339 393.3680If you don't trust yourself or have the courage to395.8646 
341 396.3117say that I can do this,397.7298 
343 398.7508you not gonna be able to do nothing, you gonna be400.0821 
345 400.3290stuck.400.8695 
347 403.0024And have a peace of mind and be around positive people.405.7838 
348DCB_int_01406.3723Mm-hm.406.7594
349DCB_se3_ag1_m_01407.0839Cause I think that's what mostly /um/408.4152
351 409.3394I've lost- I lost a friend a year ago.411.5015 
353 411.6983And I feel like he was a smart boy, he had a413.3608 
355 414.4485good future.415.2593 
357 416.9643But I felt like he was around the wrong people and he ended-419.4980 
359 419.8479that ended420.2216 
361 420.7755his life.421.2360 
363 422.2303They wasn't responsible for his life423.7500 
365 423.9237being ended.424.5433 
367 425.4409But if he wasn't around them I think-426.9357 
369 427.6764I think he woulda still been here today.429.1211 
371 429.7684He come from a Christian background.431.4509 
373 432.0882I have cousins now that's coming from a Christian background.434.7875 
375 437.3641Coming from437.9914 
377 438.3217grandparents439.1983 
379 439.9233going to church every Sunday, from parents going to church every Sunday.442.9274 
381 445.7565And they-446.1611 
383 446.3170they out here-447.1011 
385 449.2874they doing-449.8179 
387 450.7722they doing what they wanna do cause they wanna fit in, they wanna be accepted453.6544 
389 453.9019by they boys, they homies.455.3241 
391 458.9309Like with me, everybody know.460.1224 
393 460.7394Like it was a party a few weeks ago.462.4619 
395 463.0358And it was like, /RD-NAME-2/ oh we already know you not gonna be going, your parents ain't going for that.466.0954 
397 466.3398Was like,466.6701 
399 467.8513true.468.2583 
401 468.5820but you forgot one thing, I'm not going for that, cause I got a future.471.0839 
403 472.1855If I go to that party, that might- that party may be the very party that mess up my life for the rest.476.6016 
405 478.1988It won't be no going to Hampton no becoming no lawyer.481.0157 
407 482.5706It won't be none of that, it'll be behind somebody's prison bars.485.4909 
409 487.1492Cause anything could happen.488.2569 
411 488.8208You can't trust nobody.490.0500 
413 492.7088But just have the courage to do494.7641 
415 495.5582right in life.496.4524 
417 497.4776That's all.497.9113 
418DCB_int_01500.2403Thank you so much, [this has been amazing.]502.5525
419DCB_se3_ag1_m_01501.3347[You're welcome.]501.9319
420 502.6905[Thank you.]503.1811
421DCB_int_01502.6960[Thank you.]503.3403