If someone heard one of my good friends over the phone, someone that never met her in person would confuse her for a well-spoken, white lady with an impeccable English accent.
She doesn't speak ghetto like this: That’s me my nigga he black both my sister eyes bro he got 1 pass and it wasn’t nomore after that
That sentence obviously has terrible grammar and the person's accent must be the typical ghetto type. She actually says ''Can you please change my tire'' and not ''Yo chancha ma tire'' nonsense.
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Once in a while, certain people still get surprised upon meeting my friend. They said she speaks like a white American woman, well spoken and no ghetto talk at all.
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If she was educated British style, it certainly happens. It may be rare because relatively few West Indians were educated to that standard (more common among East indians).
I guess the environment plays a role. She was raised with more whites in her life and her parents learned to speak the proper way too. So growing up, she learned the standard, proper English.
Don't understand how speaking proper is associated with being white
If you ever hear black and white Americans speak, you'll notice the differences in pronunciation and inflection. Several other people have also said the same thing when she starts speaking, that she sounds white.