It must be Wire-discovery week - both thatyourefuse and I also just mainlined S1 of The Wire (although in our case, it was mostly for Dominic West, whom we adore in The Hour and Idris Elba, from Luther). I was really disappointed to find out that everyone loves Kima, but no one really talks about her. I think her dynamic with both Daniels and McNulty is fascinating, and I love Herc and Carver as her two fuckup little brothers. I also LOVE that Rhonda hits it and quits it with McNulty, and continues to call him on his shit.
A question: is "I feel you" or "you feel me?" in the sense of "I hear you" or "do you understand me?" strictly Baltimore 2002 street dialect, or is it still in use? Also "shorty" meaning not "small man", which was the sense in which I had heard it used before, but "woman"?
"You feel me?" or "I feel you" is still in use - speaking as someone born and raised in inner-city Philadelphia from the late '80's forward. It's used more to mean "do you understand me"/"do you agree with me". "Shorty", meaning "one's ladyfriend" is not really in widespread use now. A more common phrase would be "boo", though you still hear "shorty" in some places (an ex-boyfriend from West Philly was prone to "shorty" much longer than anyone else, as was most of that section of the city, but you wouldn't hear it in say, North Philly or NY).
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A question: is "I feel you" or "you feel me?" in the sense of "I hear you" or "do you understand me?" strictly Baltimore 2002 street dialect, or is it still in use? Also "shorty" meaning not "small man", which was the sense in which I had heard it used before, but "woman"?
"You feel me?" or "I feel you" is still in use - speaking as someone born and raised in inner-city Philadelphia from the late '80's forward. It's used more to mean "do you understand me"/"do you agree with me". "Shorty", meaning "one's ladyfriend" is not really in widespread use now. A more common phrase would be "boo", though you still hear "shorty" in some places (an ex-boyfriend from West Philly was prone to "shorty" much longer than anyone else, as was most of that section of the city, but you wouldn't hear it in say, North Philly or NY).