No offense to the OP but someone has to say it, only in America can it be cool to speak like an uneducated hood rat. Nothing worse than hearing a middle-age housewife speaking the language of the bangers. Originally Posted by muny4hunyThe phrase far precedes "hood rats" and "bangers." It first appeared in a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, an African American poet in the late 1800's. Then it became common in Vaudeville acts, as well as jazz and big band performers in the 1920's and 30's.
Thanks for the Google search lesson David. Murder was mentioned in the bible further back than the 1800's, odd thing is did not make it proper to do. The term "who dat" coming from an poet stereotyping an uneducated black man in his works in the 1800's makes it no more proper English. If I go to the game in blackface paint and quote mammy "yessa massa!" how long would I be as welcomed by the masses? If all it takes to be correct in public is to have been written by someone in a past publishing then there are a lot of words in Mein Kampf are you all for them putting those on a 5yr olds t-shirt? Dave as always you try to offer into something and fail terribly. Originally Posted by muny4hunyThe point is that it was not "new" and did not originate with "hood rats." I doubt the poet, vaudeville actors and jazz musicians could or would be considered "hood rats," nor would they have been considered to have sounded like them. If anything, hood rats are sounding like them. You fail in that your words "speak like an uneducated hood rat" asserts "hood rats" precede the phrase "who dat?" Perhaps if you knew how to use Google and searched it before you spoke you would have seen your historical error.
The point is that it was not "new" and did not originate with "hood rats." I doubt the poet, vaudeville actors and jazz musicians could or would be considered "hood rats," nor would they have been considered to have sounded like them.First, as I said , the poet was MOCKING the uneducated black slave STEREOTYPE. I can assure you the slang of "who dat" was used far earlier than the 1800's poet. As it is a grammatical mistake of the uneducated, one would be assured that it existed at least as far back as the slave trade. You thinking that what a poet wrote in some obscure passage is where the term was taken from by the multitudes of uneducated Saints fans and slang ghettofolk?? That only shows your lack of both education and honesty. The fact is you, and many others who KNOW how retarded the "who dat" thing is, went out and dug up where it was used and RETROACTIVELY claim that's where it came from. The first time it was used towards the Saints was during a news broadcast of the playoffs after-game when a 40yr old big black woman said it and believe me she wasn't quoting Dunbar as drunk as she was. Stereotyping uneducated black folk has been around a lot longer than Paul Dunbar, ever read Mark Twain?
By the way, it's a little ironic that you'd bring something like this up with a handle like muny4huny. Perhaps you should consider a name change to moneyforhoney while you're on this crusade. I can put the request in for you if you'd like. Originally Posted by pornodave69
The fact is you, and many others who KNOW how retarded the "who dat" thing is, went out and dug up where it was used and RETROACTIVELY claim that's where it came from.I can't believe you would be so improper and insensitive to use a word like "retarded" to describe something you don't care for. What a jerk, and to do so in a lecture about proper language usage. And you have a disability as well. Dick.
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He's just trolling. Look at the fucker's location. "Da Stik". Originally Posted by jl11
Hmmmm.....who's the hood rat now? Surely, "I reside in Baton Rouge" would be the proper thing to say instead of "Da Stik." I wonder if he throws up some gang signs while wearing his cap sideways when he says that? Originally Posted by pornodave69