Obama's sidiolect put down by a white yet again

[Jonathan Lighter]

I was thinking of No. 2.

No. 4 is true in theory, but in fact, while A's *could* look to PFs to
learn how Ks sound, they don't actually think to do so.
I think No. 5 would be the most entertaining and ominous permutation.

JL
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 9/4/2012 09:54 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > our kids—look to political figures for a model as to how adults sound.
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> >It's actually almost the opposite.
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> Jon, which opposite?  There are a total of six permutations, of which 5
> remain:
>
> 2.  Our political figures look to kids for a
> model as to how adults sound?  (True, and what you intended?)
> 3.  Our political figures look to adults for a model as to how kids sound?
> 4.  Our adults look to political figures for a
> model as to how kids sound?  (Also true, and
> explained by 2?  The identity relation is
> symmetric -- if political-speak = kid-speak, then kid-speak =
> political-speak.)
> 5.  Our adults look to kids for a model as to how political figures sound?
> 6.  Our kids look to adults for a model as to how political figures sound?
>
> Joel
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