History of the Amish

The Anabaptists was a group of reformers that rejected the popular concept of infant baptism. After these people became known as "Mennonites” (a tribute to a young Catholic priest from Holland named Menno Simons that joined the Anabaptist movement).
However, there were the followers of Jacob Amman (Anabaptists too) that had differences (they did not agree with all beliefs), led to Amman's split with the Mennonites in 1693. His followers were later called Amish.
Both were severely persecuted throughout Europe, so they migrated to the mountains of Switzerland and southern Germany. And began the Amish tradition of farming and holding their worship services in homes rather than churches.
Nowadays, they are in 23 states. Like their families are large the total Amish population has more than doubled since 1960 to over 85,000. And almost all children do not leave the church.

Posted by Mirella de Morais.

ebonics

Ebonics is the mixture of ebony (a tree that if stipulated to use to represent the Afro-American race) and phonics (of phonetic). In other words this means a type of dialect created by Afros-American in the states of the South of the United States, that now is known in everybody due to expansion of the expressions of this dialect.
Ebonics concentrates proper rules of grammar, actualy, changes of the formal rules of the English.

example:

The verb "you be" disappears
English: You are crazy!
Ebonics: You crazy!

Negation with ain’t
English: You are no hero, friend.
Ebonics: You ain’t no hero, man.

you can see it in one music:

[Verse 1: 50 Cent]You can have it your way, how do you want it
You gon' back that thing up or should i push up on it
Temperature rising, okay lets go to the next level
Dance floor jam packed, hot as a teakettle
I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple
If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho
In the hotel or in the back of the rental
On the beach or in the park, it's whatever you into
I Got dat magic stick, I'm the love doctor
Have your friends teasin you 'bout how sprung I gotcha
Wanna show me how you work it baby, no problem
Get on top then get to bouncing round like a low rider
I'm a seasons vet when it come to this shit
After you broke up a sweat you can play with the stick
I'm tryin to explain baby the best way I can
I melt in your mouth girl, not in your hands
hahaha

posted by maria

Ebonics, again.

Hi, Vanessa
I’m astonished and upset!
I’ve written a small text in order to translate it into Ebonics and post it in our Blog.
I’ve Googled and found several “Ebonics translators”. I’ve tried one and the result was this:

My text:

Last Friday I went to Fortaleza with my husband and we had a good time! Fortaleza is such a beautiful city with wonderful beaches and a nice weather. People were friendly. We went to a comedy program and laughed a lot. We came back on Sunday. I hope I could come back very soon.

The translation:

Last Friday I went ta Fortaleza wit muh husband and we had a crunk time! Fortaleza be such a beautiful city wit wonderful beaches and a tis-ight weather. People were homiely.We went ta a comedy program and laughed a lot. We came back on Sunday. I hope I could come back very soon. - aww yea foo.

But, I’m a very suspicious person and I’ve decided to try another translator:

Last Friday meh goed ta Fortaleza with mah husband an’ we waz havin’ a good time! Fortaleza iz such a beautiful city with wonderful beaches an’ a nice weather. niggas waz friendly.We goed ta a comedy program an’ laughed a lot. We came back on Sunday. meh hope meh could come back very soon.

And another:

Yo... Last friddy-dizzy I'z bailed ta Fortaleza wit muh husband n' we not havin' a good time! Fortaleza be such a beautiful city wit wonderful beaches n' a nice weather. peeps were friendly.We bailed ta a comedy program n' laughed a lot. We came back on Sunday. I'z hope I'z could come back very soon.

Another:

Last Friday I jet ta Fortaleza wiff muh ma fuckin husband an' we's had uh pimp-tight tyme! Fortaleza iz such uh fine city wiff fly beaches an' uh nice weather. People wuz friendly.We jet ta uh comedy program an' laughed uh lot. We came back on Sunday. I hope I could come back very soon. sho 'nuff!

So, I quit! What is this?? I think, I could find thousands of different translations to the same text. How can I recognize the right one?

Posted by Neide Silva.

Ebonics

Last class, at ABA, we beginning to learn about “Ebonics” also called African American Vernacular English.
It’s a language, a variety of English, with a coherent system of signs- a grammar of elements and rules- which is used in a regular way for purposes of communication, and also for social symbolic purposes.
Ebonics isn’t slang. Slang refers to a relatively small set of vocabulary items which are ephemeral. Slang doesn’t have a grammar of rules of pronunciation.

Ebonics is characteristically spoken by working class US African Americans, in their community, at occasions calling for intimacy or informality.
Many people think Ebonics is wrong English or slang. Many negative statements about Ebonics are based on a lack of knowledge about language and dialects.
People without linguistic training are seldom aware that they have languages prejudices. They commonly make assumptions about the inferiority of some dialects, like AAVE, and the superiority of others, like British English.
Standard English became the standard for historical and political reasons, not because it was better at communicating. It is the speakers who have power; the status of the dialect merely reflects the social and economics status of the group using it.

Posted by Neide Silva.

Emigration

Most of the people from 3rd world countries, like latin american countries including Brazil, and some asians coutries too, like to move themselves to US to try to start a new life, but a travel to US its expensive and most of those people doesnt have money to pay for it, so they try the harder way to get in the US, a illigal way throught the border of the country most of the time from Mexico, but its a very dangerous way, some people die trying to do this, and those that made it have in lots of way a very hard life, but some have a happy and.
There are some neighbor at NY where emigrants from many nationalities live toghether in peace but eachone with your own culture, there is respect between them this is like "salad bowl".

Student: Marcelo de Mendonça Vieira e Silva

Amish

Amish are people that by choice, still living like their the people lived hundred years ago, like using horse-drawn power, and wearing old clothes.
Their famiies and farms are their top priorites, second only to God, they bilieve in the literal interpretation of The Word of God ( The Bible ), they take seriously the Biblical commands to separate themselves from the things of the world. They believe worldliness can keep them from being close to God, and can introduce influences that could be destructive to their communities and to their way of life.
The Amish have long preferred farming as a way of life.


Student: Marcelo de Mendonça Vieira e Silva

Amish beginning

Sorry, I'm late again!
And I've read what people said about amish over here... and I don't have too many things to add, so I diceded to talk about their beginning, cause I don't remenber anything wrote about this.

The Amish was founded as a reformer group by Jacob Amman (*1644 + 1720), in Switzerland, Europe. They was trying to restore some of the early pratices of the Mennonites. So, all their faith and praticies came from the writings of Menno Simons (*1496 +1561).
During de 17th century part of them has separated, cause of the several disciplins of the Mennonites. Part of them went to Pennsylvana, United States, by the beggining of the 18th century, starting their own culture over there.
Today there is about 180,000 adults in the US Amish comunity, in 22 states. Almost everyone borned Amish.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm

André