Dez Bryant fires back at critics and the english language Wow I can't help remembering when Dexter Manley revealed that he was functionally illiterate, despite having studied at Oklahoma State for four years. Seriously, how about mixing in some edjumacation...
I don't think it's fair to assume that because when Dez Bryant is angry he reverts to the dialect of his childhood that Oklahoma State is a poor university. And even though he's not speaking the language the way I was taught to speak it, I understand exactly what he means.
Did they not have a pair of cleats lying around? Can't someone run to Dick's Sporting Goods real fast and get him a pair?
Look, Vince isn't exactly Ralph Waldo Emerson either. That's the dialect of some kids from poor environments. It doesn't mean they are necessarily dumb. Now, forgetting his cleats to his "job interview", that's another story.
you complainin cuz i forgot my cleats? We talkin bout practice. Dis aint da game. we talkin bout practice man....practice.
It has nothing to do with his upbringing. That's just the way everyone in Oklahoma sounds, even if they come form Texas
Hell, that's the way I basically talk if I'm not in a professional situation. I picked it up in the hood I grew up in. I actually think Ebonics is really clever and creative and I am not inclined to give it up. Personally, I like to splice Ebonics with all the folksy country boy sayings I've picked up along the way. Throw in a West Texas twang and it's a real spectacle. Spitting this type of game has actually gotten me laid on numerous occasions. I guess chicks appreciate this type of novelty? I'm not kidding. This is no biggie and, like another poster stated, I totally got what Dez was saying.
Rich people aren't always right, but they often don't have to concern themselves with what others think is wrong.
Thanks for that link seb44. After reading the transcript of that interview I think I understand now. It's the AP writer in the original interview that talks like that, not Bryant.
"I looked at it like, are you serious? It came out that I forgot my shoes? I had six pairs of shoes with me in my bag that my trainer was following me around with. It's just that I needed that one particular shoe. Some guys want that shoe, even though they've got another shoe. It's just that one particular shoe they like. That's how I was, and I didn't have it. But they've made an issue out of that even though it wasn't a big issue." Lets keep building that mole hill.
