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In reply to the discussion: Wypipo Held a Protest for White Teacher Who Slapped, Kicked and Pulled Locs of Sleeping Student [View all]Sancho
(9,079 posts)As a child, we often spoke Gullah. As a new teacher in coastal SC, I was given a paddle (for corporal punishment) cut out of an old desk top on my first week of teaching.
We had Bible study (yes, it was a public school), and the elected superintendent was a Baptist minister.
I gave a basketball player a ride home after a game, and was pulled over and asked, "why did I have that boy in the car?". When I explained I was a new teacher, the Officer let me go and told me he had heard there was a new teacher in town, but didn't recognize my car. I told him it was a Fiat, and he said, "even though I didn't go to college, he was sure that 'fee-aught' was not spelled Fiat".
In the 60s, we'd switch back and forth to versions of Gullah, but it's a dead language now.
SC still has a lot of Wypipos.