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    Posted: 11 January 2005 at 11:46pm
Darur is slightly fed up right now.

I can understand people ususing the term "ghetto" to describe things of poor quality or worksmanship (although I think its stupid), but after hearing people use the term "ghetto" to describe their GRADES about 40 times today, I am finding the term irksome.

Firstly, why of all the terms use "ghetto"?  People calling things like their clothes economically depressed districts just doesnt work.

Secondly, WE DONT EVEN HAVE A GHETTO IN HAWAII!  My god, the closest thing to a ghetto we have is in the heart of Kahului (main city) which consists of a few old worn down houses.

How did this term even make it here?  Hell, a few weeks ago the school's weekly brodcast consisted of a 15 minute segment called "Ghetto my ride".


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(P.S - I do not have any problems with ghettos or their residents, just the way the term is used is irriitating to me0
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote choopie911 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 January 2005 at 11:47pm
We dont really have a ghetto either, but I use the term too, not very frequently at all though. I see what you mean.
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Theres no Ghetto in my town but half the population thinks they are.
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lol i know how you feel. i hear quite a few people using that term at my school too.

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I'm ghetto yo!
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The white wannabe black people at my school use that freakin word all the time...it pisses me off...you're with and you were raised in rich white suberbia...so act like it...jesus...
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I had about the same rant about a year ago.

I blame mtv and ebonics.
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Originally posted by Mehs Mehs wrote:

I had about the same rant about a year ago.

I blame mtv and ebonics.

mtv is the devil

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Well it is a Pop culture slang that has gone far beyond its intended audience. Your absolutely right. Dont worry in a few months it will completely be gone and a new word will be used.

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oh god...why cant people speak english...for the love of god...
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WEWT!!! let's all get together and comlain about something we have no control over.

but on a serious note, it's just a fad... our entire culture has become more "ghetto" and more slang has become acceptable. sad to watch society take the downnhill spiral, but it's happening and there's not much we can do about it...
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Originally posted by High Voltage High Voltage wrote:

WEWT!!! let's all get together and comlain about something we have no control over.

but on a serious note, it's just a fad... our entire culture has become more "ghetto" and more slang has become acceptable. sad to watch society take the downnhill spiral, but it's happening and there's not much we can do about it...


Thats a comferting thought

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Originally posted by VisionIMP VisionIMP wrote:

Theres no Ghetto in my town but half the population thinks they are.


Same here except is' 7/8 who believe they are "ghetto".
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Has anybody else ever wondered if **edited**s think about after school? Cause I mean if your a **edited** what the hell do you do after school.. Hardly any go to college. And If you keep acting like a **edited** after school than you are a very sad person.
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Originally posted by Hades Hades wrote:

Well it is a Pop culture slang that has gone far beyond its intended audience. Your absolutely right. Dont worry in a few months it will completely be gone and a new word will be used.

Holla!

Hey, where Hades lives doesn't have a...nevermind.
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Like it will change. White people who try to be black just plain out piss me off. Expecially at work, they come up and are like, "SUP man, gimme uh, **edited** dude, uh, gimme like two chick fil a sandwitches and uh, YO Chaqueta what the hell do you want!, and gimme a "biggie sized" sprite."

Why can't they just **edited**ing say....

"Hey man, give me two chicken sandtiwthces and a large spirte, alright thanks."

It would make my life so much easier.

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Language changes.  Deal.

Most of the expressions you use daily started out as something different entirely.  "Ghetto", of course, used to mean "place where the Jews live."

Neat, cool, bad - all former ebonics that we now embrace.

Gotta go with the change.

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Originally posted by Clark Kent Clark Kent wrote:

Language changes.  Deal.


Most of the expressions you use daily started out as something different entirely.  "Ghetto", of course, used to mean "place where the Jews live."


Neat, cool, bad - all former ebonics that we now embrace.


Gotta go with the change.



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The term "ghetto" is used in replacment of certain words and phrases like "that's or it's ghay, oh that sucks, that is or it's weak, cheaply made or done" and the only way yer fellow Hawaiians got wind of the term Darur is from people that are visiting or have family from the mainland or vise versa, where the term "ghetto" originated....so quit trippin brah and take a chill pill...hell, this forum is gettin more and more ghetto than a check cashing line on welfare day!

Or you can blame us Californians.....we started the ghetto thang!

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I hear ya.

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