Wanted by the Drug Enforcement Administration: Ebonics translators.
It might sound like a punch line, as "Ebonics" - the common name for what linguists call African-American English - has long been the butt of jokes, as well as the subject of controversy.
But the agency is serious about needing nine people to translate conversations picked up on wiretaps during investigations, Special Agent
Michael Sanders said Tuesday. A solicitation was sent to contractors as part of a request to companies to provide hundreds of translators in 114 languages.
During a debate regarding Ebonics on the Phil Donahue show, Jesse Jackson said to Phil Donahue, "There are only 2 types of English spoken in the United States: You want to get a job or you don't want to get a job."
Antoine Dodson, he'd be prefect!
Antoine Dodson
crime pays
WHY U B BOTHERING ME? I BE GOT NO KNIFE. I AINT SEE NUTIN:)
WHAT YOU SAY YO NAME IS?:)
YO! BROTHER MAN. YOU JIVE TURKEY:)
MAYBE I BE WORK FO DA GOVINMENT. I BE SPEAK ENBONICS:)
once DEA starts going after the anonymous, will they be looking for LOLcatspeak translators too?
I wrote "Hooked On Ebonics" its the dictionary into the Ebonics world