Analyzing Comments From The YouTube Discussion Thread For "Kickin It With My Daddy"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that features the children's Rap entitled "Kickin It With My Daddy" (also given as "Kickin It Wit My Daddy") by Ricky & Kayliyah Weems.

Part II provides an analysis of categories of comments from the YouTube discussion thread for this video. This analysis pays particular attention to the use of African American Vernacular English terms and grammar as well as the use of internet/text writing by commenters who appear to be children or pre-teens. That post also pays particular attention to some comments about that refer the desired relationships and actual between commenters and their fathers.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/11/ricky-kayliyah-weems-kickin-it-with-my.html for Part I of this post. That post showcases a video of that rap and and includes that rap's lyrics.

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The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, and onomastic purposes.

Thanks to Ricky Weems Jr for composing this rap and thanks to Ricky and Kayliyah for performing it. Thanks to The Real Daytime (television) for featuring this father/daughter duo on their show and for publishing this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Kayliyah Weems Performs Kicking With Her Dad



The Real Daytime, Published on Sep 23, 2014

Kayliyah Weems, a 10–year-old YouTube sensation, performs her viral hit “Kickin’ It With My Dad” live on “The Real” stage with her pops by her side. Get ready for for cuteness overload!

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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bv3YPSalxM for the original YouTube video of "Kickin It With My Daddy!!". As of November 1, 2017 at 10:00 AM EDT, that video which was published on Aug 4, 2014 has 13,264,268 views total views and another copy of the same video has 11 million views. I chose to feature the video from The Real Daytime television show (which just has 2,566,030 views
as of November 1, 2017 because its video quality is better than the video which was produced from home.

Click the tag "children writing on the internet" for other pancocojams posts on this subject.

Also, click the "analyzing comments for Kids Hip Hop discussion threads" for similar pancocojams posts.

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ANALYSIS OF CATEGORIES OF COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR "KICKIN IT WITH MY DADDY"
by Azizi Powell

I read A LOT of the comments in this discussion thread as of October 3`, 2017. I also determined these categories, and selected what I believe to be representative comments from the discussion thread.

Based on a number of factors, I believe that many of the commenters on this discussion thread are African American children or pre-teens. Those factors include the video itself, the content of many of these comments, and the fact that many of the commenters' names (i.e. the fact that many of the commenters' first names are usually only associated with African Americans.)

I also believe that some children/pre-teens may consider posting on YouTube as another form of online social networking, with all of the dangers that could be involved with those communications. However, YouTube posting may be a way of developing and improving internet skills which can be a very positive outcome. For some children/pre-teens, even seeing one's name online may be an act of self-expression and self-promotion. And videos like "I Don't Want To Go To Daycare" which feature young African American children can also have help Black children develop and reinforce their self-esteem and group esteem by featuring people who look like them who are engaged in positive activities that they can identify with. And so, for the most part, I applaud such videos and recognize the positive opportunities that their discussion threads provide for young internet users.

That said, I believe adults need to be more vigilant when it comes to how children/pre-teens of all races/ethnicities use the internet. And we need to help children/pre-teens to learn how to be safe while using the internet.

Furthermore, if this compilation of YouTube discussion thread comments is not unique, and I don't think it is, we need to help children and pre-teens learn the differences between internet/telephone text writing and more formal forms of written communication. My concern is that high value that has been placed on posting speed and the low value that is being placed on writing for clarity (for instance by correctly and consistently using punctuation marks and by using verbs with statements) is probably also found in school reports. Perhaps these comments are written this way out of carelessness that was caused by focusing on speed rather than spelling, punctuation, or grammatical rules. But it's an understatement to say that such writing would be problematic in school and elsewhere.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/facebooking-youtube-video-comment.html and http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/11/children-posting-on-youtube-discussion.html
for previous pancocojams posts on children writing on the internet.

Note: Selected comments below often fit in more than one of these categories. I've added definitions for some of the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) words/phrases that are found in some of these comments. While I looked for certain types of comments that were posted to that discussion thread, I believe that the comments in this pancocojams compilation are representative of the entire discussion thread as of the date that this pancocojams post was published.

All of these comments are from 2014-2017. These comments aren't presented in any chronological order and these sub-categories are given in no particular order.

If you are interested in the study of personal names (onomastics), many of the comments in this compilation from the discussion thread of the "Rake It Up Kid Remix Back To School Anthem" video and certain other names from commenters on that video's discussion thread provide a treasure trove of examples of non-standard first names (according to White America's definition of "standard").

Some of these "non-standard" American names can be identified by the use of certain prefixes such as "La" or "Ja" and/or certain suffixes such as "iya" and "isha". A few of these names can also be identified by the use of a hyphen or by the use of an apostrophe, and/or by a capital letter for the second syllable of those names.

NOTE: Some of these commenters probably aren't from the United States. However, I think it's likely that most of the commenters are from the USA. I don't mean to imply that all the commenters in this compilation are African Americans. However, as I noted above, I believe that most of these commenters are African Americans and many of them are children or pre-teens.


PART I - WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT

A. POSITIVE COMMENTS
1. Comments that praise the singing or rapping in the video

Examples:
a) Amaya Jamison
"girl. You. can. RAP. andSING"
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/10/african-american-children-teens-and.html for a pancocojams post about this "new"? linguistic trend of using one or more periods within a sentence.

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b) Kianah Mason
"she good at Singing"
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Notice the incorrect use of capital letters (according to standard grammatical rules). Also, notice that this sentence lacks a verb. Other selected comments that lack a verb are documented below.

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c) Demetriana Jones Jones
"this is so cute daughter and daddy and one day she will become famous a famous singer!!!!!! 😘💑👏👏👏👏👌👍👌👌👌👍👐👐👐👐❤💘💋💖💖💗💘💘💙💝💙💔💙💛💙💚❤💕💞💟💟❣ good job girl!!!!!!! you and your daddy!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏❤💘"

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d) kayla brown
"omg people keep saying she will become a good singer when she grows up nooo she will become a good rapper in the video shes rapping not singing"

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e) Jimmia Brown
"Hi Kayliyah your voice is beautiful.Hey do you know another kaleah weems"
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Like some other commenters in that discussion thread, this commenter appears to have been confused because Kayliyah doesn't look the same as she did in the original video, mostly because her hair wasn't straightened in the original video. Read more comments such as this in the section below entitled "Comments About Kayliyah's Physical Appearance".

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f) Renee Jones
"You have a great voice😍😜😎💖😘"

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g) Damon Dixon Jr
"She spit bars"
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"spit bars" means "to rap" (very well)

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2. Comments that consist of or includes the words "so cute" or "too cute" or other complimentary comments that include "so + an adjective"

A number of the comments in this discussion thread consist of or include the two words "so cute", "too cute", or other "too + adjective combinations. These comments refer to the video itself and/or to the children in the video.

The phrase "too cute" appears to be used in this discussion as a compliment, with the adverb "too" probably meaning the same thing as "very" or "really" instead of the negative meaning of "something that is more than what is acceptable or expected.)

Examples:
a) Maryam Usman
"Soooo cuteeee💯💖💖💖"

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b) Tyra Williams
"That to cute"

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c) Swan Mendoza
"She is so sweet they look so cute together"

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d) Aiyana Hart
"she is cute so cute so cute so cute"

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e) Jonee Fairley
"So pretty"

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e) Lela Haze
"she so adorable"

f) editorrtalia
"aww daughter and daddy goals!! :D so sweet"

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g) Whitney Blackwell
"to cute i love this very much"

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h) Lamiyah Boggs
"to to to to cute"

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i) Tamiyah Dennis-jackson
"awwwww she's so cute"

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3. Other complimentary comments about video or the daughter in the video

Examples
a) Orlanda Robinson
"every time i watch this video i sing and dance and smile"

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b) Journey Swann
"She is beautiful and for the Real my mom loves it"
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"The Real" mentioned in this comment is the name of a syndicated American daytime television talk show.

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c) Shannon Wilson
"that was awesome!!!!"

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4. Complimentary comments that include African American Vernacular English (AAVE) terms and phrases

Examples
a) Tyyuana Lewis
"ayyyyyy"

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b) zy`cariyah ellerbe
"hi, ms. kaliyah Weems honey bun you and yo daddy killed that. ya`ll keep slaying and do ya`ll thing"

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c) Ya And Killie H.B
"They on fleek"

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d) chrissie piper
"People who disliked this they are haters"

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e) Lv Johnson
"God she Good go mama"

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f) Vivilore Rogers
"az one she killed that"

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g) Queen K
"ayeeeeeee she killed that you go kalea"

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h) 20 xc adver average
"FIRE"

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i) Serena.Oreste Oreste
"Litt litt litt"

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j) Jazzy jka
"I'm milly wopping right now"

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k) Taneah Hill
"Ayeee she lit"

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5. Other complimentary comments about the song and/or the video and/or the girl in the video

Examples:
a) Ayanna Dennis
"I like this soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much"

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b) Maryana Hill
"0 -100 I give them a 100"

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B. COMMENTS ABOUT KAYLIYAH'S PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Since hair is such an important topic for African American females, I particularly noticed comments about hair in this video's discussion thread and in other Kid's Hip Hop discussion threads that I've analyzed. Here are a few comments about hair from this discussion thread:

Examples:
[Selected comments from a sub- thread from 2015 & 2016)
1. iliy 1666 (2015)
"this doesn't look like the same girl but it sounds like her! does she have a twin?🤔"

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2. Kelly Guerrier (2015)
"I think she grew or probably her sister"

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3. Demetriana Jones Jones (2015)
"because when she was in her house singing kickin'c it with my daddy she was only 10 years old back then now she's 12 years old!!! that was 2 years ago so of course she have grown!!! p:s she don't have a twin!!! 😍😘😄😅"

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4. Nyiasia Robinson (2016)
"no she does not have twin"

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5. Vee Mel (2016)
"that isn't the same girl that was in original video was it"

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6. Ashtin Paulet (2016)
"Vee Mel it is in the original her hair wasn't straight I think that's what is throwing ppl off"

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7. [name not retrieved; comment posted in 2017)
"her hair is so long"
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Notice the spaces between the words. There are other comments with these spaces. I think this may be a purposefully done visual writing trend that is done for a "hip" effect, similar to the seemingly random use of periods within sentences and seemingly random capitalization of some letters in words.

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8. Candace Ferebee (2017)
"I didn't notice her cuz her hair is different From the original"

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9. LaMaiya Walker (2017)
"you are cute and a good singer and rapper you and your daddy have fun you have good hair and people that don't like it their just haters💩💩😜😜😜🤒🤑😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
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using the term “good hair” instead of saying “I like your hairstyle”. Among African Americans, "good hair" used to only mean (and unfortunately I think for a number of people still means "naturally straight or curly hair whose
texture was that of most White people's hair".

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10. Trezor Watson
"that don't look her becuse. she brown and when she sing it not on the show she was carmel"

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11. Kennedy Kennedy
"she look like my mom when she was young"

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C. COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE INDICATING A FAMILY CONNECTION WITH KAYLIYAH WEEMS, THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO

It's possible that some of the commenters are in fact related to Kayliyah Weems. However, I think that a lot of the commenters claimed a relationship because in so doing they believed that they would share some of the fame, popularity that the two people in the video had. Also, I wonder whether some of the commenters claimed a relationship with the daughter and her father so that they could pretend that they also shared such a positive relationship.

Examples:
1. Jimmia Brown
"is that your cousin"

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2. Starr Skimijg
"yes"

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3. PrincessReacts
"I know her"

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4. Tanisia Jones
"that is my sister"

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5. Gametyte4sho
"+Ny'Anna Wilson my cousin the one who is singing name is kayliyah so don't lie and say that u kno ha Cuz u don't days my lil cuzz"

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6. Qwatyra Mason
"that my sister and there 2 things that true about me finish 3grad now going to 4 the 2 is I get good grades on my paper and supports"

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7. Ashanti Andrews
"bsweet233 thats my daddy and my sister"


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8. Paul Henderson
"No it's not girl you lin"

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9. Bongani Chiki
"ya,'ll I am her sister"

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10. nyla Fair
"she's so cute 💕💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩i love you so much that i want you to be my friend and sister so much that i want you to be my friend and sister so much that i want you to be my friend and sister so much that i want you to be my friend and sister"

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11. Saleria Canty
"go cousin"

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12. isavalhomer the creaters
"Saleria Canty thats your cuz"
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This is probably a question, but since it doesn't end with a question mark, readers can't be sure.

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13. Bongani Chiki
"ya,'ll I am her sister"

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14. Cinthia Diaz
"the funny thing is that ik her 😂"

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15. Tekimbria Spurling
"thank u for comment on kicking with my dad she's like a sister to. me in GOD hand🐩🐩🐩🐰🐑🐐"

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16. Jada Madison
"Love you Kayliyah and you will always be my sister😍😘Imma miss you so much"

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Jamaya McKinney
"Renee Jones thats my cousin just to let you know"

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D. COMMENTS ABOUT FATHER/CHILD RELATIONSHIPS

There are A LOT of comments about father/child relationships in this video's discussion thread and the original video's discussion. Many of them are quite sad to read. Here are some examples from this discussion thread:

Examples:
1. Mz lona lane
"That is too cute. That's a real father showing his baby girl what a real man can do. Love love and love it."

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2. Janelle Thomas
"THIS IS THE BEST AND CUTEST FATHER DAUGHTER I'VE SEEN.. HE'S BREAKING STERROTYPES HERE PEOPLE!!!"

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3. Mya T.
"Awwww that's what me and my dad do awww I know you love your daughter and dad😍"

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4. maisaka molelekeng
"wish my dad n i were dis close..."

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5. Kendra Stuckey
"Father and daughter bond. We need to see more of these videos!"

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6. Keirsten Alexander
"at least her father not one of those father's know their child exist but don't pay attention to them or see them"

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7. Kalibra Nixon
"You have a beautiful daughter and you are a handsome man💑💑💑 your daughter and you are a good couple"

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8. loretta harris
"that's a daddy's girl"

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9. Gerrica Johnson
"I love my dad"

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10. Camiya Clark Williams
"not trying to be mean but my daddy is better than any dad in the world"

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11. Camiya Clark Williams
"and I still love her she is cute"

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12. Nicole Nunya
"Love to see real men being great dads"

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13. Nicole Nunya
"Especially blk men"

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14. Queen Mcarthur
"I wish my dad was wit me to do this"

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15. Slimes 101
"I wish I got to see my dad ... my mom and dad got divorced 3 months ago ... and I never get to see him 😢"

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16. Arlene Tyrell
"me and my dad have the same birthday"

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17. C Harris
"that is what my Dad does"

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18. Jikimi Garrett
"Me and my dad be having the fun you are 13 i am 8"

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19. M. Magdalene Ford
"This is one good reason men are important to the family. Without them the family is lost and dysfunctional."

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19. Ciera Givens
"I love this song because it connects to me and my dad I'm my dad's oldest to girl"

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20. leedja Norton
"I like it because I live with my daddy"

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[Selected comments from this sub-thread]
21. bsweet233
"I wish I could do that with my dad"

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22. LaToya Scott
"me to"

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23. E Grace
"Same"

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24. roxy rules
"Bruh u can if u try 😂😂 peace✌️"

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25. Young Slim
"I can do it. with my dad"

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26. daiya ford
"bsweet233 me to"

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28. Calvin Hunter
"bsweet233 I know I wish that to"

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29. Megan Grandstaff
"bsweet233 i do to but my dad has nothing to do with me"

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30. LaTresha Moore
LaTresha Moore
"bsweet233 do it if you want to"

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31. keke ndsarahh
keke ndsarahh
"LaTresha Moore it doesn't work like that"

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D) OFF TOPIC COMMENTS
1. Comments that consist of just the word "hi" or just the commenter's name.

I think that these comments may have been posted so that the commenter can see his or her name on the internet. I refer to this way of using or attempting to use these videos' comment sections as social networking sites as "the facebooking of Youtube discussion threads." However, these types of comments may (also) be a form of self-promotion and/or self-affirmation.

Examples:
1. Aaliyah Brown
"my name is aaliyah"

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2. Ny'Anna Wilson
"hi this is nyaisa"
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Notice this commenter appears to be using someone else's YouTube account to write a comment.

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3. Alaysia May
"alaysia"

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4. Jarae Wright
"Hey"

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2. Other personalized comments

Examples:
a) Kelia Miller
"she got the same name as me but spelled differently"

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b) Latonya LEE
"My sister name is Kaliyah"

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c) Samia Buckley
"my name kaliah AMES"
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Notice that this commenter appears to be using someone else's YouTube account to write a comment.

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d) Maele Morrow
"+Ny'Anna Wilson let's be freinds"

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e) Ron Rivero
"do you to be my 😋"
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A number of people asked other commenters to be their friends. This could be quite dangerous over the internet.

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f) Claressa Hawkins
"+Dj Butler who you asking if they got a bf"

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g) Kameron Webber
"my cousin like you and he said you are his girlfriend"

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h) Taneizah James
"im cuter then her"

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2. Comments in which the commenter shares or asks for personal information, including online or offline contact information

Examples
a) Racheal XRacheal
"R u Nigerian if u r I have seen u"
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This comment implies that Raceal XRacheal is writing from Nigeria.

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b) Kay Hunter
"does this Emily Smith go to Goza middle school"

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c) Alexus Latimore
"can i met you for i can sing with you and for i can play with you tall your dad to call my mom number it's [number with area code deleted] thats her rel phone number plase call her tmorow"

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d) Ashanta Aronld
"+Joanne Ruiz i like your picture"

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e) Punkins Love
"if you don't got bills come to my house and I will give you 10000,"

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3. "Gibberish comments"- Comments that mostly or only consist of a random series of letters and/or symbols

Examples:
a) Kisha Addison
"y I nsiv Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse bed Mickey Mouse Army by minutes I want somebody call home cfhpgb m Mickey Mouse Clubhouse imma call you back cuz I'm going to call you back at 7 Mickey Mouse Mickey Munday yes Carlito's Way yo what you doing I'm writing Flash what time does I'm about to do I'm not doing nothing on the phone the solidarity my boyfriend and I who Mickey Mouse what are Phantom Mickey Mouse do now 6 know I do not know what to do because of cookouts address book, Smosh 2006 GoDaddy my boyfriend and his cologne you like to call Mickey Mouse the Mickey Mouse shallows Alyssa me by 6 making me Nicki"

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b) Dakarah Moore
"x5l
mfCxcxgbc

Daze bggb"

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c) Katrina Thomas
"Mia day uugjgihhdgbbgghgggectdrgfyxyxfxfdftddtddtfxfdfxrssttsfxfjjgjggf fifuvryubthbguttuybotkhbyitugbbigihfhibfhibifhibtubyiribhitiubrohbhofiboufhkbnokbjrjobojfbjoroubhrokjbrjljrojbgrubhkujyxygukjlfjeoojugjitgihjefhobfjhjkcefjhvhkrvojrbojglkrkcsmldknjhkcejkoveihrjvdijveovrojcqpicajkjscivrjhvrirvjhi djevicehojcs"

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E. NEGATIVE COMMENTS

1. Negative comments about the girl in the video or about other commenters
Examples
a) Audrena Jennings
"you're ugly"
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"Ugly" appears to be the ultimate put down in discussion threads for kids' Hip Hop videos. "Dumb" is not that far behind, followed by insults about people's age or grade level in school (i.e. being in kindergarten, only being in the 3rd grade while the commenter is in 4th grade etc.)

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b) Tyrianna Montgomery
"that little girl is so ugly she to a LIE"
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"to" is probably "told"

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c) charlene Hansley
"she look better than you who ever said that she is ugly and put a thumbs down

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2. Negative comments about the video itself

Examples
a)Shykirra Lee
"she a copycat"

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b) Shykirra Lee
"🆄 🅻🅸🅻 🅲🅾🅿🆈🅲🅰🆃"
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I think this commenter-like a few others in this discussion thread- thought that this girl wasn't the same one who sung on the original "Kickin It With My Dad" video. As noted in the above "comments about hair" section,in the original video, the girl's hair wasn't straightened.

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c) hatemebutlifegoeson
"I kinda hate it"

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d) Jeneisha Haymon
"always got some negative to say"

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e) Tootie10Gold Forever
"bad terrible performance"

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f) Awkwardly AmazingLexi
"no offence but it sounds like she's being spoiled"

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PART II: THE WAY THE COMMENTS ARE WRITTEN

A. COMMENTS THAT AREN'T WRITTEN USING STANDARD GRAMMATICAL RULES (EXAMPLES: NO CAPITALIZATION OR INCONSISTENT CAPITALIZATION, AND/OR NO PUNCTUATION OR INCONSISTENT PUNCTUATION

Examples:
1. Amiaya Nichols
"you can sing keep on believe in yourself that how you become a 🌟. you and your dad are going to become a 🌟. one day you and your dad will become a 🌟.but to me you and your dad is a 🌟. you right you and your are queen and king believe in your yourself .because you are a 🌟 just like your dad"

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2. Laila Carprue
"do you have a mom that preciate you just like your dad"

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3. dancinggirlmaya
"they are haters they just can't do that with they dad"

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4. Gwendolyn Frazier
"they matching that is so cute :-:-)"

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5. Milton Walker
"how old is she"

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6. Qwatyra Mason
"that my sister and there 2 things that true about me finish 3grad now going to 4 the 2 is I get good grades on my paper and supports"

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B. COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN SPELLING ERRORS

Examples:
1. Dj Butler
"what up gril"

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2. Kamryn Latimer
"she no how to sing and it sounds great"

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3. Cariyana Weathersby
"The people that dislike this video are heaters"

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4. Arianna Bullington
"you don't make science"

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5. Ciara Sanchez-soler
"she is is good and peopel keep saying that she is a singer but she is a raper"

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6. Nina Robinson
"That is so cut"

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7. Laila Carprue
"do you have a mom that preciate you just like your dad"

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8. Anijah Terry
"Your a cute little girl keep donin it im and I'm 10"

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9. Emariya Dewalt
"your right"

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C. COMMENTS THAT ARE WRITTEN WITHOUT A VERB

A lot of the comments without verbs are featured in this compilation. The same "speed writing" custom is found in other children's Hip Hop videos that I've showcased on pancocojams. People who write or speak this way should also be learning to code switch to mainstream styles when they are in school and in other formal interactions. Here are a few other examples of comments without verbs from this video's discussion thread:

1. shaqueena buchanan
"this me and my daddy"

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2. dancinggirlmaya
"she so pretty"

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3. Wilanda Lamy
"that cool"

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D. COMMENTS THAT USE RANDOM LETTERS, NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, AND/OR EMOJIS IN PLACE OF WORDS

Examples:
1. Shyla Robinson
"This is g9"

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2. Tekimbria Spurling
"u just being👍👍 about that everyone 💜💗💚the Lord and u... u don't have to like them u have to💗💚💟them u just keep on believing"

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3. Olivia Haggan
"She cute in smart u the best dad"

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4. Marie Delva
"shut up because that's not true gri😝l😝"

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5. shemica foreman
"you rock 🎸 I like it your dad is cool"

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6. Tearsa Hadden
"You are awesome and you both sing good and the dads was so so sweet😁😇👌👏💂you are the knight and she is the 👸"

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E. COMMENTS THAT CONSIST OF OR INCLUDE INTERNET/TEXT ABBREVIATIONS AND/OR EMOJIS

Examples
1. 1Makyra Bays
"👍👍👍👍👍👍"

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2. Venita Johnson
"She so cute and know wat she doing 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍"

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3. Princess of Buffalo
"omg,this is cool"

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4. Sierra Weatherspoon
"chrissie piper ikr"

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5. Krazie Gracie
"Omg she's in 7th grade now or sixth"

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This concludes Part II of this two part series.

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Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem (Video & Analysis Of Selected Comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that features the children's Rap song entitled "Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem by Joel Carter and his daughter Dream Carter.

This pancocojams post provides an analysis of categories of comments from the YouTube discussion thread for this video. This analysis pays particular attention to the use of African American Vernacular English terms and grammar as well as the use of internet/text writing by commenters who appear to be children or pre-teens.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/10/rake-it-up-kid-remix-back-to-school_29.html for Part I of this series. Part I showcases the video and includes lyrics for this song.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, linguist, and onomastics purposes.

Thanks to the Carter family for writing and performing this song and for publishing this video. Thanks also to all those who are featured in this video.

*WARNING: The original "Rake It Up" song contains profanity and isn't suitable for children.

Click the tag "children writing on the internet" for other pancocojams posts on this subject.

Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/10/analyzing-comments-from-youtube.html for the related pancocojams post "Analyzing Comments From The YouTube Discussion Thread For "I'm Not In Daycare" (Kid Remix Of Cardi B - Bodak Yellow)"

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem



The Carter Link, Published on Aug 13, 2017

[...]

Statistics [as of October 30, 2017 10:40 AM]
total number of views - 1,182,193

total number of likes [thumbs up] - 15K

total number of dislikes [thumbs down] - 1K

total number of comments - 1,170

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ANALYSIS OF CATEGORIES OF COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR "RAKE IT UP KID REMIX: BACK TO SCHOOL ANTHEM" by Azizi Powell

Editor's Note:
I read A LOT of the comments in this discussion thread as of October 29, 2017 (8:17 AM EDT). I also determined these categories, and selected what I believe to be representative comments from the discussion thread.

Based on a number of factors, I believe that many of the commenters on this discussion thread are African American children or pre-teens. Those factors include the video itself, the content of many of these comments, and the fact that many of the commenters' names (i.e. the fact that many of the commenters' first names are usually only associated with African Americans.)

I also believe that some children/pre-teens may consider posting on YouTube as another form of online social networking, with all of the dangers that could be involved with those communications. However, YouTube posting may be a way of developing and improving internet skills which can be a very positive outcome. For some children/pre-teens, even seeing one's name online may be an act of self-expression and self-promotion. And videos like "I Don't Want To Go To Daycare" which feature young African American children can also have help Black children develop and reinforce their self-esteem and group esteem by featuring people who look like them who are engaged in positive activities that they can identify with. And so, for the most part, I applaud such videos and recognize the positive opportunities that their discussion threads provide for young internet users.

That said, I believe adults need to be more vigilant when it comes to how children/pre-teens of all races/ethnicities use the internet. And we need to help children/pre-teens to learn how to be safe while using the internet.

Furthermore, if this compilation of YouTube discussion thread comments is not unique, and I don't think it is, we need to help children and pre-teens learn the differences between internet/telephone text writing and more formal forms of written communication. My concern is that high value that has been placed on posting speed and the low value that is being placed on writing for clarity (for instance by correctly and consistently using punctuation marks and by using verbs with statements) is probably also found in school reports. Perhaps these comments are written this way out of carelessness that was caused by focusing on speed rather than spelling, punctuation, or grammatical rules. But it's an understatement to say that such writing would be problematic in school and elsewhere.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/facebooking-youtube-video-comment.html and http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/11/children-posting-on-youtube-discussion.html
for previous pancocojams posts on children writing on the internet.

Note: Selected comments below often fit in more than one of these categories. I've added definitions for some of the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) words/phrases that are found in some of these comments. While I looked for certain types of comments that were posted to that discussion thread, I believe that the comments in this pancocojams compilation are representative of the entire discussion thread as of the date that this pancocojams post was published.

All of these comments are from August, September, or October 2017. These comments aren't presented in any chronological order and these sub-categories are given in no particular order.

If you are interested in the study of personal names (onomastics), many of the comments in this compilation from the discussion thread of the "Rake It Up Kid Remix Back To School Anthem" video and certain other names from commenters on that video's discussion thread provide a treasure trove of examples of non-standard first names (according to White America's definition of "standard").

Some of these "non-standard" American names can be identified by the use of certain prefixes such as "La" or "Ja" and/or certain suffixes such as "iya" and "isha". A few of these names can also be identified by the use of a hyphen or by the use of an apostrophe, and/or by a capital letter for the second syllable of those names.

NOTE: Some of these commenters probably aren't from the United States. However, I think it's likely that most of the commenters are from the USA. I don't mean to imply that all the commenters in this compilation are African Americans. However, as I noted above, I believe that most of these commenters are African Americans and many of them are children or pre-teens.


PART I - WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT

A. POSITIVE COMMENTS
1. Comments that praise the singing or rapping in the video
a)Soultronics
"Lmao lil girl can rap better than most rappers on the radio 😂😂😂"

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b) Adore.Honesty. Love
"That lil girl can rap better than most of these rappers even without autotune 😂😂😂"

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c) Tamica Dennis
"Those girls that was singing to rake it Up remix they can sing better than Bruno Mars"

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d) Nikki Henderson
"I bet she is rich she can rap better than all the rappers but Sept cardi b and 2pac
-snip-
I think that "but Sept" probably means "except"

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e) Denisha Walker
"Sang it girl"
-snip-
"Sang" is an African American Vernacular English term that usually means "to sing very well, especially to sing soulfully very well". It the context of this comment, the present tense word "sang" means "to rap very well".

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f) rap queen
"She can sing better than the people in the radio

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2. Comments that consist of the words "so cute" or "too cute" or include those words:

Note: A number of the comments in this discussion thread consist of or include the two words "so cute" or "too cute". These comments refer to the video itself and/or to the children in the video.

The phrase "too cute" appears to be used in this discussion as a compliment, with the adverb "too" probably meaning the same thing as "very" or "really" instead of the negative meaning of "something that is more than what is acceptable or expected.)

Examples:
a) AIZHALEE PERFECT
"So cute !!! Go dad !"

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b) Chris Schutz
"Aww so cute #familygoals"

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c) Jackie Peters
"The baby is so cute"

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d) quailca farris
"I like the kids remix it is so cute"

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e) Nyasia Jones
"Facebook brought me 😂. And this IS SOOO CUTE! 😘💖💖"

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f) Vandia Williams
"she's so cute"

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g) IamAlayah Johnson
"I love this it's soooooo cute"

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h) viola arrington
"OMG... I love it !!!! Too cute & Goooo Daddy / Coach !!!!"

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i) chenelle Nelly
"Soooooo cute! Goo oo dad💚"

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j) Tiyanna Hodges
"They are so cute and can rap"

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k) Princess B loved
"I love this not innapropiate and they are so cute"

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l) ashley aneika
"Sooo cute awwwww there all so cute 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘"

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3. Other complimentary comments about the children in the video

Examples:
a) nia mitchell
"she so pretty"

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b) Jontez Walker
"Your girl's hair is cute"

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c) Elijah Bradley
"She looks nice"

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4. Complimentary Comments about or directed to the father in the video

Note: Some commenters indicated that attended the father's school where he worked as a Physical Education teacher and coach and other commenters wrote complimentary comments to the father.

Examples:
a) Tyme Morrison
"Coach carter it is tyme"

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Reply
b) The Carter Link
"Hey Tyme! Still love you! Go Rake It Up!"
-snip-
The Carter Link responded to a number of commenters in this video's discussion thread.
This reply and the one immediately below are just two examples of those replies.

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c) thebeast mode
"Coach it is your student Jason from lake forest in 5th grade"

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Reply
d) The Carter Link
"Hey! Appreciate you for checking us out! TY"

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e) SHAWT LOWE
"Cutest I've seen in a while... I luv it! Good job dad 😀😀

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d) Kandra Leonard
"positive brother and that's what's up🤔😊"

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e) Shar-day Campbell
"Brrrruuuhhhhh this is sooo live. Love the message."
-snip-
"Brrrruuuhhhhh"= an extended spelling of "Bruh" ("Brother"- which means a man or, probably more specifically, a Black man)

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f) Bridgemans
"Big tune Bro.
My Daughters will have it on repeat"

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g) Adam Hippolyte
"Clap for the coolest dad ever😁"

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h) Judith Jennings
"He got 6 kids😓😓😓😓😓"

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Reply
i) The Carter Link
"No, I only have two biological kids! But I consider all of students my children! 😎"

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5. Complimentary comments that consist of the word "Aye" or forms of that word or include the word "Aye" or forms of that word

Note: The word "Aye" (also written "Ayeeee"!, "Ayye!" etc.) is a AAVE originated, relatively recently given meaning for a yell that conveys excitement and approval. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/07/theories-about-african-american-uses-if.html for a pancocojams post about this word.

Examples:
a) Meet The Chambers
"Ayeee! Love this! Such a positive message. Keep spreading positivity to the kids."

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b) Nae’s Slime boutique
"Ayyye"

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c) Kayla Cunningham
"Aye"

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d) Queen Winter
"Ayeee that's my P.E teacher😂😂😂"

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e) derrionna hope
"Ayy"

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f) Crystal Graham
"ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"

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6. Complimentary comments that include the AAVE term "lit" or forms of that word:

Note: "Lit" is an African American Vernacular English (AAVE) term that means "very good", is a relatively recent member of the "hot", "smoking", "fire", "the bomb" etc. "family" of AAVE superlatives.)

Examples:
a) Roshelle Kitchen
"Love it. Its litt💖💖"

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b) Soleil Curl
"I love this all the kids on the video was lit"

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c) kaye harris
"The Carter Link that lil baby was litt"

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d) Kiwanna Lynn
"Lit she can rap better than most people on the radio"

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e) CupcakeMine
"Why don't they have more subscribers this lit but educational"

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f) Latrina Rowser
"This song litty"

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g) Tina Brown
"The Carter Link yall lit"

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h) miyah wornner
"This is so lit"

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i) aerial ross
"This song is lit as stuff 😆😆😆"

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j) Jkyra Mccray
"that eas lit and educational"

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k) Malaihjia Green
"They llllliiiittt"

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7. Complimentary comments that include other African American Vernacular English (AAVE) terms and phrases

Examples
a)Gabrielle Henry
"I love your song is cool"

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b) Jailah Newsome
"THEY KILLED IT 🔥💥"

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c) Baby Riri
"All the people who disliked this were so turnt that they thought that the dislike button was the like button."

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d) Zion Riley
"Yo this is why school is awesome"

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e) Tameisha Donaldson
"They dissing and hating on ud"

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f) Cayden Powell
"do ya'll thing"

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e) Mary Schupeta
"Who disliked this vid..THIS IS THE BOMBBB💥💥💥"

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f) brogers827
"love you sis xoxo"

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g) Renieka McDonald
"get it girlfriend"

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h) Ronylah Batiste
"This go hard"

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i) K&K sisters
"Bruh this lowkey fire"

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j) Denisha Walker
"Get it y'all"

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k) Michelle Rhem
"I raked it up yo"

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l) T.J. T.J.
"So dope🙌🏾🙌🏾💯💯❤️"

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m) peepsanai
"FINNA go viral. Them natural cuties 😍😍🙌🏽"

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n) Monae Butler
"Go y'all❤🌹💙💜"

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o) Fye gamer kay
"Straight bars"

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p) Nicole Ernest
1 month ago
This my jam love it so much 💖💖💖😂

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q) Monique Allen
"Girl shoes is on fleek"

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r) THE GREEN XSAVAGES
"I wasn't expecting to it be a hit but her verse is actually fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🚒"

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s) Teris Harmon
"This song clean foreal"

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t) Janiyah Springfield
"The Carter Link you and your daughter killed that

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u) JORDAN QWEEN
"RACK UP THEM A'S BOO 😁💙"

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v) annaika desruisseaux
"Love it you go girl"

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w) Thomasia Lloyd
"I'm not going to lie y'all killed it 💯"

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x) Abby Byrd
"I don't know if this is SAVAGE💯🔥 or the CUTEST thing I have ever seen! Maybe both!😂"

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y) Princesschloe 08
"Why so many dislike you and your kids have TALENT 👏🏾👏🏾"

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Reply
z) Tameisha Donaldson
"They hating"

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8. Complimentary comments comparing this song with the original "Rake it Up" song

Examples:
a) mary bright
"Dare I say..... I am enjoying this more than the original! :) Thank you for the motivation!!!!"

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Reply
b) The Carter Link
"mary bright We're glad that you like it! The original song was good, but we wanted to flip it into something that was also something good for our kids! 😊💯👍🏾"

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c) Golden Emerald
"Better than the orginal. Positivity these days is soo refreshing. Hope restoring."

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d) Ava Lyles-Parker
"better than all the cussen and better than the real song"

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e) Jonathan Lozada
"This is better than the real song and vid good job 👏🏼 😊"

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f) Ayana Pizarro
"This is better than the original one no lie"

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9. Other complimentary comments about the song and/or the video

Examples:
a) Chamela torrence
"Wow We need more positive rap like this today. Awesome video."

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b) destinysigns23
"I love this!! Much respect!! Will definitely be encouraging my nieces and nephews as well my son to rock this!"

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c) Briana Hardy
"Beautiful! ❤ How can you possibly dislike this. Great job to all of you. Keep it up! 😊"

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d) Janiyah Henderson
"You are a cute family"

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e) Ciara Paris
"Keep it up that was some good work that means tears come out of my eyes"

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f) Andrielle Hasegawa
"That a good song for kids"

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g) a.c's world and toy review
"Love this my brother loves this even tho he is 2 so good"

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h) crazy_drama queen_latejah
"I am not even singing this song




Ayyy rake it up got all my A's ayy yeah ay



Ummmm that was not me


Lol"

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h) Divida Gilrcrest
"I love you guys videos, you redo the rap songs so us kids listen to it 😀😀😀😀 Thanks 😁"

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i) Saiyah Goin Famouss S.
"Need waaay more sub's for how positive y'all are😭😍"

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j) Randy Atwater
"This made me smile inside and out!!! Great Job!!!!"

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k) JuaQueshia Williams
"My daughter absolutely loves this song. It's turned out to be her motivation song. We listen to it everyday"

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B. COMMENTS THAT MENTION SCHOOL (GRADE LEVEL) OR OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT SCHOOL
Examples:
a) Verranius Gold
"This made my cry all really made my day even thought its night but anyway thxx cause I thought my last year in elementary was gonna be hard but listening to this made my realize its gonna be easy

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b) Verranius Gold
"I love it so.so so so so much"

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Reply
c) The Carter Link
"Verranius Gold you can do anything you put your mind to. Stay focus and have a great school year. :)"

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d) Michelle Torres
"They showed this at my school"

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e) Slimeyy Lo
"I used to see this type of thinking by little kids I knew then they got to middle school🤦🏾‍♀️😂"

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f) xxgamerman54
"i had to watch this.....IN CLASS...and im in 6th grade"

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g) Kendra Mears
"They are trying to make fun of me because I got a B C and only one D."

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h) ariel Davis
"go girl she is getting let and I past all my grades her"
-snip-
I think the sentence that begins after the word "girl" means that She is going to get left back (going to have to repeat a year in school because of failing grades) and I will get better grades than she does (or and I will be in a higher grade level in school than she is).

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i) sani copper baby nii
"Your always so post get A + be good not bad bad get you in jail"
-snip-
I think this sentence says "You're always supposed to get A and be good not bad [because being] bad will [cause you to be put] in jail."

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j) Christine Vanderhorst
"I need help because I am bad at school. Last time I smack my teacher."

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k) Shanika Fudge
"I make A and B to"

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l) Carma Johnson
"I'm in 4 grade"

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m) Qnique Sweet
"who never dislike this they get f's"
-snip-
I think this comment means "Whoever dislikes this song gets an "F" (failing) grade."

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n) Shaunte Jones
"I'm in 3rd grade"

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o) Eryel Hatchett
"I get 5$ for the A and I get 2$ for the B"

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p) Layton Scoggins
"my son is on his way to the 4th grade, he loves your videos, awesome message keep up the good work"

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C) OFF TOPIC COMMENTS
1. Comments that consist of just the word "hi" or just the commenter's name.

Note: I think that these comments may have been posted so that the commenter can see his or her name on the internet. I refer to this way of using or attempting to use these videos' comment sections as social networking sites as "the facebooking of Youtube discussion threads." However, these types of comments may (also) be a form of self-promotion and/or self-affirmation.

Examples:
a) TJ Jenkins
"Hi. Tj"

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b) Shenette Johnson
"Hi"

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2. Other personalized or (probably) self-promoting comments

Examples:
a) Chasity Stewart
"what grade are you in I am in 4th and you got some talent and my name is Chastity what is yours"

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b) Pretty #22 LOL
"I dont know why no they dont like that was so good and you dad is cool and u and your friends are to go on my page on youtube Malea Cole"

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f) annaika desruisseaux
"Can you guys like my videos please

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g) thebeast mode
"Shout out to @thebeastmode324"

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h) Zoey Gass
"I CAN DO THAT GOODER THEN YOU"

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i) Nyaisha Miller
"hey girl
-snip-
This comment was posted 5 times in a row (probably as a way for the commenter to draw attention to herself)

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D. OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS

Note: A number of people posted comments that have nothing to do with this video or with the original "Rake It Up" video.

1. Comments that don't consist of gibberish but have nothing to do with this song or video or the original "Rake It Up" song or video

Examples:
a) Kala Norris
"you are the best mom"

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b) Safari Dawkins
"I love you Mikayla"
-snip-
No one posting on that sub-thread had that name and even if there was a Mikayla who was posting on that video's discussion thread, this comment is still off-topic.

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c) Briana Taylor
"Is that Hayden from a Singletary"

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Reply
d) Briana Taylor
"Sorry I did not spell your name right"

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e) Brittney Combs
"I'm"

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Reply
d) Brittney Combs
"Running"

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e) KIKISVLOGS X
"Hey KIKIVLOGERZ Go Subscribe To My Channel"

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2. "Gibberish comments"- Comments that mostly or only consist of a random series of letters and/or symbols

Examples:
a) Nylah Mathis
"bbbjvgjjcch
vbulltrsllekwkelgfj"
-snip-
I've included two some of the responses to this comment to further demonstrate how such comments can cause the discussion thread to continue to be "off-topic".

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b) Lovina Leonard
"Nylah Mathis what do you mean"

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Reply
c) tony arrington
"Nylah Mathis what"

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d) Lasgidi Guide
"Hi. 😱🤑😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😜😍😜😍😜😜😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😜😜😍😜😜😍😍😜😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😜😍😍😜😜😍😍😜😜"

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3. Comments that consist of a word or words that isn't a complete thought

Example
a) Denisha Walker
"None"

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4. Comments in which the commenter shares or asks for personal information, including online or offline contact information

Examples
a) Shay Mayes
"Can I get two hundred dollars to this address 3292 North West 209 ter"

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b) Nevaeh Harrison
"is your name London"
-snip-
This comment doesn’t appear to be written in response to a previous comment.

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5. Comments that just consist of the word "hi" or just consist of the commenter's name.

Note: I think that these comments may have been posted so that the commenter can see his or her name on the internet. Seeing one's name online may be a form of self-promotion or self-affirmation.

Examples:
a) Glenn Evans
"Glenn"

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b) Janiyah Locke
"Janiyah"

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D. NEUTRAL COMMENTS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG/VIDEO

Examples:
1. General neutral comments

Example:
a) SHY GaMeR
"I don't know if I like it or not 🤷🏽‍♀️

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2. Request for information

Example:
a) Sasha Banks
"Where yaw from?"

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2. Specific neutral comment: Comment about paying children money for good grades

Example
a) Oceana SisterMoon
"Ok. I love it all but the getting paid for grades....."

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Reply
b) The Carter Link
"I believe the behavior you reward, is the behavior they'll repeat! So this is my way of preparing her for the future. It's the same concept of a academic college scholarship. Those who achieve academic success and make good grades, don't have to pay tuition. Which is more than 5$, it's more like 50,000$! Just food for thought, but I appreciate the love and support! Thank you"

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E. NEGATIVE COMMENTS

1. Negative comments about the people in the video

Examples
a) Kimari Lane
"You stank you lames and biglamelos"

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b) Fli BOI
"The girl in the middle don't need lipstick ghetto ass kids..."

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c) Jontez Walker
"Yo little girl act like she's grown"

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d) lydia moise
"It was nice but that makeup"

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e) Virginia Lynn
"Im 10 and I'm not allowed to wear that much makeup until I'm 13 or 14

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2. Negative comments about the video itself

Examples
a) JOJO DA GOAT
"Th is lammee"

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b) The Black Comic
"cringe"

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c) henrietta ripohau
"i dont really like this you need to make it intresting"

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d) Reign Odom
"so weak"

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e) youene Petit Jean
"I like the song but not the dance"

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f) Kris Blk
"Dumb you ruined the song"

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PART II: THE WAY THE COMMENTS ARE WRITTEN

A. COMMENTS THAT DON'T ADHERE TO STANDARD PUNCTUATION, CAPITALIZATION, AND/OR GRAMMATICAL RULES

Note: Examples of these types of comments include "run on sentences" with no punctuation and/or no capitalization, or with inconsistent punctuation or capitalization, or with incorrectly used puntuation marks.

Examples:
1. Nadeige Decoste
"She so cute I love her and she is very nice I love her dance moves and she is very nice to i I love her a lot she is nothing but a big dance so when she grows up she will be so talented she will go to America’s got talent and I know that because she’s got some talent I love you guys love your videos thank you for anything you have the best video ever"

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2. Tameca Hillery
"I don't know what to say this is so cool I love this cold to go Dad hashtag number one dad go little mamas and little man go get them"

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3. Lashonnia Hall
"The Carter Link. they are some cute. girls"
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I've noticed a number of comments that include the multiple use of periods within those comments. I wonder how recent this custom is. I think that it is done to decorate or embellish comments similar to adding symbols of smiley faces or hearts to internet/texting comments. As such, those people who engage in this custom may think that it adds a modern, hip look to their comments. However, this custom changes the meaning of the period as a punctuation mark. Some other examples of this custom are including in this compilation.

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4. Drimaisa Smith
"they. are. all cute. to. me😍😍😍😍😍😘😘"

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5. Gladyd Gee
"Rake. it up 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"

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6. Aria Menton
"Is.u fat"

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7. Chantina Myers
"you say. Young money i like"

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8. Marley Horlback
"She is.all that so stop."
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This was written in response to a comment that criticized Dream Carter (the main girl who rapped in this video). In the context of this comment, "all that" is a superlative.

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9. Cathy Tymes
"Which one is your kids"

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10. Jamia Dees
"Them a lot of kids but y'all did ok🤔😂"

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11. Nani Bonane
"She is. So pretty"

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12. Herzell Mccray
"That's my daughter coach you are going. to learn so much from him"
-snip-
Given that the commenter is talking about her daughter, it appears that this custom of adding one or more periods within a sentence is being done by an adult. Notice that the commenter doesn't have a period or any other punctuation mark at the end of her sentence.

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13. neamiya armstead
"Everything she sing is to help children like school and get a lot of a and she is a good girl I can tell I beat she always gets a lot of A's and they are a gorgeous girl"

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14. Linda Wicker
"You is the best"

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B. COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN SPELLING ERRORS

Examples:
1. y'surah wilson
"MS BELL AT MY SCHOOL NO'S THIR DAD SHE SHOED US THE VIDOE AT SCHOOL"

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2. Ciara Plays
"FINALLY SOMETHING ON YOUTUBE THATS ATULLY GREAT"

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3. Match My Hustle
"Look at them shoes doe"

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4. Hayes Cotton
"I know were this happened in Slidell i live there"

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5. Ryaa Boo
"they played this song at are school 🏨"

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6. Ashley Moultrie
"l like thais song it is my favit song if l be good at shcool l git 5 ballers"

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7. Tonisha Harvey
"I like your songs and I like your darters hire and I subcrib"

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8. Neasia li
"I love my family to and I love my dad to and my mom 😄😃😄😄😃😀😁😀😁😎😎😶🙄😶🙄😉😆😊😊"

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9. Tonisha Harvey
"If eney body is reading this do eney body like this song because I do I like it so much 😁😁😁😁"

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10. Ramonni Gordon
"To much for me"

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11. Jose Orbitz
"The ones that's gave her a thumbs down they stupid anyways"

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12. miss coca cola roblox
"Love this song 😛 dose she have a musiclly"

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13. tony arrington
"she look my friend nia"

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14. Janiyah Andrade
"It's stuck in my head. Be college bomb"
-snip-
The line in the song's lyrics is "Be college bound". This may be a typo or the commenter mishearing or misremembering the lyrics and not an example of a spelling error. But I wanted to add it anyway.

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15. hailee mullins
"We watch this muisc class at school"

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16. carla venters
"Your baby is cut"

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17. Naye Bella
"How old are you if you are raping"
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The Carter Link responded with the information "8 years old" (This comment refers to Mr. Carter's daughter "Dream".)

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C. COMMENTS THAT ARE WRITTEN WITHOUT A VERB

Examples:
1. Lauren Tyson
"This song lit"

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2. Ariel Hunt
"She so cute"

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3. Jania Hill-graves
"This lit"

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4. react Nation
"This funny 😃😃"

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5. Sadarrius Tripp
"She good"

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D. COMMENTS THAT USE AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR

Example
1. Halo Daniel
"We be singing this at school like I tell all my kids"

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E. COMMENTS THAT USE RANDOM LETTERS, NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, AND/OR EMOJIS IN PLACE OF WORDS

Examples:
1. Anjola Odunuga
"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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2. Tene Broomfield
"I ❤️It!!!!!!!! You did that!"

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3. Annie Y
"She so wounderful God bless her❤ Love u"
#Isubcribe Big fan💙😘

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4. Maliyah G
"i ❤️ the dance moves"

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5. Jolie shola Enright
"Ur kids are so cute"

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6) Jashanti Callaway
"Like how y'all 👗"

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7. Honiebun Abor
"U ain't gonna have no money when they make all them A's and B's"

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F. COMMENTS THAT CONSIST OF OR INCLUDE INTERNET/TEXT ABBREVIATIONS AND/OR EMOJIS

Examples:
1. Sariyah Robinson
"Lol"

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2. Mack Gibson
"OMG"

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3. Parris b
"Omg this song lit and that girl she can rap #kidgoals"

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4. cute girl so cute
"Lol"

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5. Ms. Jade Campbell
"Lmao they are having a blast. Look at them they are killing it."

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6. MERCY MCCLAIN
"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂wowowowowowo💚💛💚💛💙👄💛💚💙💚💛💚💙💚💛👏👏👏👏👏💓💓💓💓💟💟💟💝💝💝"

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This concludes Part II of this two part series.

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Analyzing Comments From The YouTube Discussion Thread For "I'm Not In Daycare" (Kid Remix Of Cardi B - Bodak Yellow)

Edited by Azizi Powell

[Revised October 30, 2017]

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that features the children's Rap song that I've entitled "I'm Not In Daycare"*

This pancocojams post provides an analysis of categories of comments from the YouTube discussion thread for "I'm Not In Daycare" (Kid Remix Of Cardi B - Bodak Yellow)*. This analysis pays particular attention to the use of African American Vernacular English terms and grammar as well as the use of internet/text writing by commenters who appear to be children or pre-teens.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/10/im-not-in-daycare-video-lyrics-kid.html for Part I for this series. Part I showcases a video of children's remix of of Carla B's Hip Hop song "Bodax Yellow" ("I'm Not In Daycare")* and includes my transcription of this song's lyrics.

*This video has no title for this song except Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow" (Kid Remix). However, as there are other "Kid remixes" that use the instrumental music for "Bodax Yellow", this children's rap song certainly should have an additional title. I use "I'm Not In Daycare" as the that line is most often repeated in that song.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, linguist, and onomastics purposes.

Thanks to all those who are featured in this video and all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks to Stephen J. Taylor for directing and publishing this video on YouTube.

*WARNING: The original "Bodax Yellow" song contains profanity and isn't suitable for children.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/10/rake-it-up-kid-remix-back-to-school.html for a related pancocojams post that provides analysis of selected comments from a Kids Remix of "Rake It Up".

Click the tag "children writing on the internet" for other pancocojams posts on this subject.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Bodak Yellow - Cardi B (Kid Remix)



Stephen J. Taylor, Published on Sep 25, 2017

They were in Day Care, now they are ready for School! Much love to Cardi B. These girls got next. Directed by Stephen J. Taylor....
-snip-
Update: Here are some statistics for this video as of October 29, 2017 (6:38 AM EDT):
total views - 1,467,988 views

likes (thumbs up) - 11K

dislikes (thumbs down) - 2K

total number of comments: 1,170
-end of update-

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ANALYSIS OF CATEGORIES OF COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR "I'M NOT IN DAYCARE" (CARDI B- BODAX YELLOW KID REMIX) by Azizi Powell

Pancocojams Editor's Note:
I read A LOT of the comments in this YouTube video's discussion thread as of October 28, 2017 (9:30 AM EDT)*, and I determined these categories, and selected what I believe to be representative comments for these categories from that discussion thread.

* And then went back and skimmed more comments on October 20, 2017.

Based on a number of factors, I believe that many of the commenters on this discussion thread are African American children or pre-teens. Those factors include the video itself, the content of many of these comments, and the fact that many of the commenters' names (i.e. the fact that many of the commenters' first names are usually only associated with African Americans.)

I also believe that some children/pre-teens may consider posting on YouTube as another form of online social networking, with all of the dangers that could be involved with those communications. However, YouTube posting may be a way of developing and improving internet skills which can be a very positive outcome. For some children/pre-teens, even seeing one's name online may be an act of self-expression and self-promotion. And videos like "I Don't Want To Go To Daycare" which feature young African American children can also have help Black children develop and reinforce their self-esteem and group esteem by featuring people who look like them who are engaged in positive activities that they can identify with. And so, for the most part, I applaud such videos and recognize the positive opportunities that their discussion threads provide for young internet users.

That said, I believe adults need to be more vigilant when it comes to how children/pre-teens of all races/ethnicities use the internet. And we need to help children/pre-teens to learn how to be safe while using the internet.

Furthermore, if this compilation of YouTube discussion thread comments is not unique, and I don't think it is, we need to help children and pre-teens learn the differences between internet/telephone text writing and more formal forms of written communication. My concern is that high value that has been placed on posting speed and the low value that is being placed on writing for clarity (for instance by correctly and consistently using punctuation marks and by using verbs with statements) is probably also found in school reports. Perhaps these comments are written this way out of carelessness that was caused by focusing on speed rather than spelling, punctuation, or grammatical rules. But it's an understatement to say that such writing would be problematic in school and elsewhere.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2016/06/facebooking-youtube-video-comment.html and http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/11/children-posting-on-youtube-discussion.html
for previous pancocojams posts on children writing on the internet.

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ANALYZING COMMENTS FROM THE YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR "I'M NOT IN DAYCARE" (A KID REMIX OF CARDI B'S HIP HOP TRACK "BOLAX YELLOW")
by Azizi Powell

Note: Selected comments below often fit in more than one of these categories. I've added definitions for some of the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) words/phrases that are found in some of these comments.

All of these comments are from October 2017. These sub-categories are given in no particular order. While I looked for certain types of comments, I believe that these selected comments are representative of that video's discussion thread as of the date of the publication of this pancocojams post.

If you are interested in the study of personal names (onomastics), many of the comments in this compilation from the discussion thread of the "I'm Not In Daycare" Kid Remix Of Cardi B's Bolax Yellow" video (and certain other names from commenters on that video's discussion thread) provide a treasure trove of examples of non-standard first names (according to White America's definition of "standard").

Some of these "non-standard" American names can be identified by the use of certain prefixes such as "La" or "Ja" and/or certain suffixes such as "iya" and "isha". A few of these names can also be identified by the use of a hyphen or by the use of an apostrophe, and/or by a capital letter for the second syllable of those names.

NOTE: Some of these commenters probably aren't from the United States. However, I think it's likely that most of the commenters are from the USA. I don't mean to imply that all the commenters in this compilation are African Americans. However, as I noted above, I believe that most of these commenters are African Americans and many of them are children or pre-teens.

PART I - WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE ABOUT

A. POSITIVE COMMENTS
1. Comments that include the words "so cute":

Many of the comments in this discussion thread consisted on the two words "so cute" or were brief statements that included those two words. "So cute" referred to the video itself and/or to the girls in the video.

Examples:
a) Janiya Gear
"so cute😍😍😍"

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b) hood human
"Y'all so cute y'all killed this"

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c) Enliss and Kendal show Ayala
"Keep up the good work so cute"

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d) KK'S Awesome World
"They so cute"

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e) Little Mixfan29
"So cute I sang this to my sister and she fell asleep"

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f) IDNM2016CEO FYM
"You is so so cute love you so so much"

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Examples added on October 30, 2017
g) Delandria Spry
"They are so cute my baby sister is 5 just started school and she listens to this everyday after school on her iPad she really learns from this. Y'all are so amazing and inspiring. You guys give kids the help to encourage them to make good grades and to behave in school. AWESOME!"
-snip-
Note the comment about a five year old having her own iPad.

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h) Sylvia Quashie
"So cute"
-snip-
Note the use of the Akan [Ghana & Ivory Coast, West Africa day name as a last name.]

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i)
BigRed
"She so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so cute"
-end of examples added on October 30, 2017

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2. Comments that include the words "too cute"

The phrase "too cute" appears to be used in this discussion as a compliment, with the adverb "too" probably meaning the same thing as "very" or "really" instead of the negative meaning of "something that is more than what is acceptable or expected".

Examples:
a) tony arrington
"too cute she is a good raper"

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b) Azariyah Bradley
"TOO cute 🙂😍😘"

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c) Galiyah Quinn
"This is tooooooo cute"

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d) JayDeion McCullum
"Galiyah Quinn thank you evryone else ssid so cute"

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3. Other ways of saying "so cute" and "too cute"
Examples:
a) Janelle Wolfe
"They are the most cutest thing aaaahhh"

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b) Lasohn tv
"cute just super cute"

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c) Brandon Phillip
"LMAOOO MAD CUTE 😝😝😝😝"

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d) Kitana Cole
"u guys are sooo adorable and cut and keep up the good raping 😃😃
-snip-
The word "cut" is probably a typo of "cute".
[Added October 31, 1017]
I've noticed a number of commenters who I think are children or preteens (on this discussion thread and discussion threads for the similar "children's Hip Hop songs "Rake It Up/ School Anthem" and "Kickin It Wit My Daddy") spell "cute" as "cut". It occurs to me that this may be because for the word "cute" the ending letter "e" isn't pronounced.

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4. Complimentary comments that consist of or include the word "Aye" or forms of that word

Note: The word "Aye" (also written "Ayeeee"!, "Ayye!" etc.) is a AAVE originated, relatively recently given meaning for a yell that conveys excitement and approval. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/07/theories-about-african-american-uses-if.html for a pancocojams post about this word.

Examples:
a) Areanna Pressey
"aye good job"

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b) Latasha Swopes
"ayeeeeeee"

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c) Charity Thornton
"AYYE THATS SO CUTE"

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d) David Baafi
"🔥🔥🔥🎀AYE THEM BARS🎀🔥🔥🔥"
-snip-
"Bars" here refers to "spitting bars", meaning "rapping" (in the Hip Hop sense of that word)

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e) Mykeria Thorne
"Ayee that was lit"
-snip-
"Lit", an African American Vernacular English (AAVE) term that means "very good", is a relatively recent member of the "hot", "smoking", "fire", "the bomb" etc. "family" of AAVE superlatives.

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f) queen girls
"Aye aye"

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g) Harold Pou
"ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
-snip-
Writing a word with repeated letters increases the strength of that word.

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5. Examples of complimentary comments that include other African American Vernacular English (AAVE) terms and phrases

a) Shenteirio Echavarria
"Y'all killed it"
-snip-
"killed it" = did something very well

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b) Jeny McMahon
"gooooooooo girl"

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c) Moneak Gwyn
"People that say no is hating on you"
-snip-
"hating on" = criticizing someone for no real reasons; criticizing someone because of jealousy
People who "hate on" someone are called "haters".

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d) Kasyiah Bell
" Get it girls 💯💯💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍😂😂😂😎😎😎👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♂️"

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e) KaaFlipz
"My jam"

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f) Isaiah Brown
"That's hot frl💓)"
-snip-
I think this comment means "That's hot fire. Love"- meaning it's very good.

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g) Amanda Davis
"Who ever push the dislike button is a hater"

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h) JaNiya Collins
"This was so lit"

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i) Shakeya Morrison
"She killed that"

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j) Edyn Edyn Moore
"Yooo this song catchy I love it"
-snip-
"Yooo" means "Hey" and/or is an exclamation of excitement and approval.

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k) Devyn Robertson
"So litt aye there so cute"

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l) I'm That Melanin Goodness
"That's right lil ma keep getting them good grades"
-snip-
Some African Americans use "lil ma" (little mama) as an informal referent for young girls.

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m) Janiyah Evans
"They snapped tho for some little kids"
-snip-
"snapped" here probably means "rapped really well". One African American meaning of "snaps" is "to exchange pointed insults (as in "the Dozens").

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n). Joseph Oyama
"This is super lit! Awesome!"

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o) Alex Ybarra
"she dope👍👍👍"
-snip-
"dope" = very good

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p) tameka wright
"they are so so bad"
-snip-
"So so bad" here probably means "very very good".

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q) Taliyah Cooke
"This rap is Legit"
-snip-
"legit" = authentic, "for real", meaning "very good"

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6. Positive or Neutral comments about the girls' hair

Examples:
[no name retrieved- my apologies]
a) "I like ur hair girl and y'all are soooooo cute ❤💖💖💖💖😘"

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b) Caitlyn Williams
"The one with the one play is cute and we got the same hair"
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I'm not sure what "the one with the one play" means. "play" might mean "plait" (braids) and may refer to the girl who has multiple braids but one near her forehead.

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c) Shannette Young
"I like ur hair girl and y'all are soooooo cute ❤💖💖💖💖😘"

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d) Halaya Norris
"The one with the hair out is the oldest"
-snip-
"Wearing your hair out" means wearing it "outside of braids or pony tails.k ago

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10. Other complimentary comments about the girls and/or their video

Examples:
a) Na'Ziya Meadors
"I love ya'lls outfit lol☺☺☺"

b) Jasmariah Rashaw
"Aww so cute they have they own dance routine"

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c) Queen Kayla
"Awwwwwwww kids are so talented ❤️ "

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d) Sidney Evans
"Wow! These are so refreshing! Just what I needed! Excellent job excellent Direction keep up the good work!"

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e) Candace Johnson
"I watch this song every day 👏🏾💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝"

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f) Demarria Bailey
"They can rap"

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g) Dimm Fletcher
"yasss I love itt😍😍😍😍"

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h) Jose Olivo
"i like it but wye didt thay all sing"

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i) JESSICA CAPERS
"all of you people are mean if you don't like it"

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j) Tracey Vega-Freeman
"Awwwwww this is soooo positively positive...Love It..😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"

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k) jaylo j
"My kids can repeat the lyrics now with the version."

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l) T Jackson
"Lol good raping girls"

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m) Mercedes Jones
"The BuzzFeed nachos were on trending but not this???Smh"

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n) cupcake love
"CRINGE CRINGE CRINGE LOL SIKE GOOD JOB THO"
-snip-
"Sike" (pronounced the same as the English word "like") means that you were kidding about what you just said.

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o) Tonya Tonya
"AWWW THIS IS TOO CUTE Y'ALL GO LIL QUEENS 🤘🤘🤘😍😍😍"
-snip-
"lil Queens" =a positive referent for Black women; Black men are "Kings".

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p) Delandria Spry
"They are so cute my baby sister is 5 just started school and she listens to this everyday after school on her iPad she really learns from this. Y'all are so amazing and inspiring. You guys give kids the help to encourage them to make good grades and to behave in school. AWESOME!"

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q) JB Sistaz
"You guys are so lit go girls stay getting As"

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r) Regina Barnett
"wi do"

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s) Sharieco Holloway
"You can rap so good i love it"

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t) Tia Tya Alexander
"Sharieco Holloway ,)"
-snip-
Commenters who post another commenter's name mean that they agree with what that commenter has written. 

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B. COMMENTS THAT CONSIST OF THE SONG'S/RAP'S LYRICS OR INCLUDE REFERENCES TO THOSE LYRICS

Examples:
a) Kiran Quinn
"i am not at daycare now I go to school😗😙😚🤣sooooooooo cute"

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b) Cece Summons
"she said what about who on that test I got a D girl please the grades I make are A AND B..... 💙💚💛💜"

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c) Sandra Washington
"Girl look at that face when she said girl I got a d girl"

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d) MK Kids
"She rap better than all the girls that made a video on nodal yellow 😂💯❤️and I like the part where was like she said what on my test I got a d🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"
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This commenter is probably referring to this other Kid Remix of another current Hip Hop song which was published on YouTube in August 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_3suMD2vtw&list=RDJC6qA9kgY8w&index=2 "Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem"

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e) sag wwz
"Honestly when I go to school I miss my mommy"

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f) Demiya Jenkins
"Mama told me to behave so that's what I'm gonna do 😘😘😘😂😂go Girls"

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g) Kaia Horn
"When I show my daddy he so proud of me. Go girls"

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h) Cece Summons
"she said what about who on that test I got a D girl please the grades I make are A AND B..... 💙💚💛💜"

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i) Jamie Bratton
"And we don’t take naps 😂😂😂😂"

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j) Annie Cater
"She might lie in about her A and Bs"

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k) Selene Gomez
"She said Girl Please"

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l) TheAwesomeLuvvy RBLX
"when i go to school i miss my mommy xD"

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m) brina omi
"Honestly when I go to school I miss my mommy had me dying."
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The phrase "has me dying" is an abbreviation of "had me dying laughing" (laughing so hard it made your stomach hurt). As such, it could be a positive or negative comment.

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n) Hip-Hop Slimesss
"The other girls part was sooo cute!!When she was like "Honestly,when I go to school I miss my mommy!SOOOO CUTE!!💖"

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o) Slimespirrration 101
"how do u get snack and u say u a big girl. haha jk"
-snip-
"jk" = "just kidding"

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p) Quatesha Gipson
"and we don't take naps so don't get comfortable"

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q) Armonee Mcclain
"Everybody love these girls her shoes they is experience".
-snip-
Everybody loves these girls. Her shoes they is experience (probably means Her shoes are expensive.)

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r) Kaia Horn
"When I show my daddy he so proud of me. Go girls"

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s) Kesha Jones
"Girl please only graders I get are A's and B's"

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C. COMMENTS THAT COMPARE THE GIRLS IN THE VIDEO TO THE COMMENTER OR SOMEONE ELSE THE COMMENTER KNOWS

Note: Some commenters indicated that they know some of the girls in these videos. Of course, some of the comments about knowing these girls might be true).

Examples:
a) I'm great So are you
"0:39 the little girl with the blue headband is me when I have to go to school"

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b) Amanda Peoples
"You like my cousins"
-snip-
This comment doesn't have any verb. My guess is that the commenter meant "You look like my cousins" or "You act like my cousins".

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c) Gabriuana Harris
"The girl who is singing have the same backpack as me"

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d) evelyn a
"The little one goes to my sister's class"

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e) Kirsty Nicholls
"My brother goes to daycare so leave him olan"
-snip-
"My brother goes to daycare so leave him alone".

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f) Lovell Diggins
"Cute looking like my cousin Mariah"

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Carol Anderson
g) eney one else got the same backpack as the one with the zig zag one I have the same backpack as her. 😲MIND BLOWN😲
-snip-
"eney" = "any"

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h) June Lee
"I know two of those girls"

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i) YoBih Chocolate
"lol awww remind me of my baby CUTE🤗🤗🙌"

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j) Jayla King
"The girl with the pink shirt has the same bag as me"

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C. COMMENTS THAT REFER TO SCHOOL (GRADE LEVEL) AND OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT SCHOOL
Examples:
a) brittany segoviano
"What grade you in"

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b) Heidi Vaughters
"I am in 3th grand."

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c) Jametria Hall-Stevenson
"this lit im showing this to my teacher at KIPP for our lower school c
hant"

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d) shamara reed
"Im finna go to 6th grade and i can't even sing as good as them"
-snip-
"Finna" is an old AAVE (downhome, Southern) term that means "getting ready to". Another form of this word is "fixing to"

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e) Railynn Showman
"I've been in school 6 years"

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f) Ashley Hayes
"That's how I was and now I'm in 2nd grade I want to go back to day care but when I get out I'm going to filled like that"
-snip-
"filled like that" = be fulfilled ?

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g) Breshunti Wilson
"I just started school today am in 2"
-snip-
"2" = second grade

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D. OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THIS SONG OR VIDEO OR THE GIRLS IN THE VIDEO
a) Kesha Jones
"I bet they are the popular kids now,😘😘😘😘"

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b) puppy lover 101
"Dab old
But good song"
=snip-
"Dab" is the dance move that the older girl did in the video where she covers her mouth with her arm as though she had sneezed.

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c) Kandy Land Production Simmer
"My little sister needs to see this she in kindergarten going to college (This is a joke she acts grown)."

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E. OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS
1. Comments that consist of or include self-compliments

Examples:
a) Eric Jackson
"Love it I can rap to and I'm not liying"
-snip-
"Living" probably is a typo for "lying"

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2. Comments that consist of the just word "hi" or consist of just the commenter's name.

Note: I think that these comments may have been posted so that the commenter can see his or her name on the internet. I refer to this way of using or attempting to use these videos' comment sections as social networking sites as "the facebooking of Youtube discussion threads."

Example:
a) nijah epps
"Nijah Epps"

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b) your girl amani
"Your girl Amani"

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c) I Am Heaven Imani
"Jessica Marcos hi"
-snip-
This comment was directed to Jessica Marcos who had posted a comment two weeks before this one.

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F. NEGATIVE COMMENTS
1. Comments about the girls' physical appearance
Note: The largest number of insults that commenters wrote were those which described the girls as being "ugly". Only one commenter specifically referred to the girls (or one of the girls) skin color:

Example: (Sorry. I didn't retrieve this name.)
a) "You can’t rhyme and your friends and you are to black like charcoal"

Only one commenter to date had something negative to say about the girls' hair:
Example:
b) Trachele Long
"You got to go get your hair done and you ugly"
-snip-
For African Americans "getting your hair done" usually means getting it "straightened" with a chemical product or with a hot comb.
-snip-
I've chosen not to quote any other "you're ugly" comments.

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2. A number of the negative comments used the girls' ages as a put down, i.e. indicated that the girls were still babies, little, or young.

Examples:
a) Laventrice Puryear
"you Young"

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b) Kayla Cunningham
"Yall still are lil kids"

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c) Michael Medious
"You all are baby's and in 2nd or 3"
-snip-
"2nd or 3" = second or third grade in school

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d) Cynthia Arriola
"You are baby becuse u still have baby teeth in u are tiny in small book bags in u look dumb"

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e) Kiara McAllister
"What is you doing with your life???? How old are you?? You still a kid.... GET A LIFE!!!"
-snip-
I'm not sure whether this comment is directed toward another commenter or to the girls who are featured in the video.

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f) Zaid Huneiti
"Your not a big kid"

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g) Elijah Sanders
"You look like you go to daycare"

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3. A few commenters didn't like the older girl being in the video

Example
a) Rose Steel
"the girl that looks like she is ten needs to stop dancing👎👎But overall its lit"

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4) Other negative comments about the girls or about the video itself

a) Giavonte Johnson
"That was boring"

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b) Shatory Washington
"y'all can't sang"

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c) Chantel Miller
"Wut the heck"

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d) Rhilie Johnson
"I'm so weak"
-snip-
"I'm so weak" usually means that the person is "weak" from laughing at (and not with) something or someone.

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e) Autumn gymnast gamer
"After this they going to think that the the queens"
-snip-
I think that the commenter means that the girls will act like they are better than other kids because they were featured in the video. This use of "queens "is different than the one given above.

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f) Dominique Denton
"My sitsis is she gone to be you up"
-snip-
I think that this comment says "My sister is [sentence not finished]. She is going to beat you up."

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g) sanaa Webb
"Rap better get more rithem"

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h) Zay Sorrells
"Not trying to be mean but I feel like they copied off of them other girls"
-snip-
This comment probably refers to the "Rake It Up Kid Remix | Back To School Anthem" whose link is given above.

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i) Gussie Wyatt
"y'all are so cute y'all did good but your mouth was barely move not trying to be rude but yes"

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j) Alisha Carter
"my sis can rap better than them"

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k) [no name retrieved. My apologies]
"These little girls is so wack I no a girl that’s 7 in rap better her name is macei"

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i) Tiffany montgomery
"I hate the song"

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j) Tiffany montgomery
"Just kiding"

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k) Erma Watkins
"Is y'all lip syncing because y'all lips are not even really movin"

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l) Akilah Anderson
"She acting to cheese and she of track"
-snip-
"acting to cheese" = acting too cheesy (smiling too much; giving a fake smile)

of = track= off track (not really belonging in the picture)

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m) Winter_ Candy_Apple
"I een ga lie but y'all sound stink sorry for disappointment but life een fair at least y'all tr"
-snip-
"I een ga lie" = I ain't gonna lie......

"but life een fair at least y'all tr" = but life ain't fair at least y'all tried."

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n) rachel forlife
"Bruh they like 6 stop Laing remixs they okay but like chill they just be making the song sound bad when I hear stop dabbing and Milly rocking it not good"

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o) BIGHomie_ Tay
"It was so bad and stupid"

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p) Mya Here
"They wasn't hype or nothing they should've had some energy"

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q) Thandeka Saunders
"OK I'm gonna be honest here its cute but kinda cringy to me"

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r) Diamond Barnes
"It was so lame"

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s) Game Good
"I Don't like this crap"

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t) NORED OPO
"Hold up hold up she’s older than that why is she acting young 😂😂😂"

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u) Litisha Mosley
"Why there a big girl she off track I just saying."

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v) Kris Blk
"Boo you ruined the song"

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w) Mariza Montes
"You're so cringey"

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x) Fantashia Arias
"That is the worst rap ever"

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y) krisaury Palacios
"Horrible but cute at the same time 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍"

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z) Taniyah Stewart
"Boo Boo boo"

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C. COMMENTS THAT MENTION CARDI B OR THE ORIGINAL "BODAX YELLOW" SONG/VIDEO
Examples
1) Darnell Hinson
"You little cardi b"

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2. Alex Jones
"And they not better then cj so cool they rich and better and they got a big house they moved 🏡🏡🏡🏡 they got 3 levels in they house
-snip-
I think that this commenter is saying that Cardi B (who he misnamed as "cj" is richer than these girls and she moved her family to a big house "that has three levels".

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3. Anilah Goddard
"Love them so much this is better that the real one for me"
-snip-
"the real one" = the real Cardi B -Bodax Yellow" video

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4. Aleice Bell
"Why is everyone copied bodak yellow"

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5. carmell love
"If Cardi B actually see this she might want to meet them in real life tress they will be happy they are inspiring a lot of younger ones. Yes"

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6. Jamarcus Brown
"I like this song she these days all these girls are singing cardi B they be cracking me up"
-snip-
The word “she" in this comment may be a typo for the word "sh&t.”

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7. Damiya Elmore
"They are so cute this is better than the real song awee😘💋"

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8. Ever After High Monster High
"Bodak Yellow gets none badwords remixs and there cute toooo"
-snip-
I think this commenter is saying that this Bodax Yellow remix doesn't have any "bad words" (profanity) and they're (the girls in this video) are cute too.

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9. Kayla Jones
"We love cardi b I didn’t really know what you were saying"


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D. OFF-TOPIC COMMENTS
1. Comments that don't consist of gibberish but have nothing to do with this song or video or the Cardi B song or video

Examples:
a) Taniya McCormick
"my step brother is mean because he always tell on me".

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b) Taniya McCormick
"and my step brother is really mean"

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c) Adjeel Bartley
"Hi"

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4. Carol Anderso
"hi"

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2. Comments that consist of a random series of letters and/or symbols

Examples:
a) aazlyin waters
"jvhgf"

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b) eastriva3033
"crazy girls Bxbxojdbxlp

L huyishrrr)$4(6,,?jj m. D"
-snip-
A commenter named "crazy girl" wrote "I love it". Comments b) and c) immediately below were written in response to that comment.

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c) Lashay Carter
"crazy girls It is did JDM MD diem KDKA nejd he DM JD me km JD she USNS such JDM JFK had of kid NFL kick I or odor fold IRL sole just in I just in I just JJ JFK had of the the"

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3. Comments in which the commenter shares or asks for personal information, including online or offline contact information

Examples
a) Latoya Johnson
"come to 1627 Dyson and if you see a white house that's me come on Monday at 3 something it don't matter bye see you later"

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b) Tanisha Brown
"what is your name on Instagram c l like your v"

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PART II: HOW THE COMMENTS ARE WRITTEN

A. COMMENTS THAT DON'T ADHERE TO STANDARD PUNCTUATION AND/OR CAPITALIZATION RULES

Note: Examples of these types of comments include "run on sentences" with no punctuation and/or no capitalization, or with inconsistent punctuation or capitalization, or with incorrectly used puntuation marks.

Examples:
1. ruby burdette
"i. don't. like. you👎"

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2. Lena Ayers
"I like you you're show is so beautiful I like it you're welcome"

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3. Cool Kids
"That is so. Cute these my playing shoes"

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4. AUTHOR&POET Shelisha Campbell
"All I got to say I love it good job"

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B. COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN SPELLING ERRORS
Examples:
1. latora trent
"Soo cute if i no were you live at i well gave you 5,000,000"

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2. Nivea Love
"Shutup about daycare and shool naps"

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3. Amanda Love
"if yol littel dont coment you do not no how to spell"

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4. Gene-ius Ink
"awwwwwww so cut i am usein somebody's. phone"

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5. Zaryah Burks
"This song dume"

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6. Regina Houston
"You stolled this song 😮😮"

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7. Laylani Medina
"This is horabolle"

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8. Tyesha Carpenter
"that do not make ses girl I do not know what you saing girl😤😰😱😡"

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9. Selaelo Molokomme
"Cute and their are kids rapping and their little adorable"

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10. Veronica Dixonreyes
"thses kids got bars and there! adorable!"

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11. Samantha Odney
"Good jod"

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12. Samantha Odney
"I mean job"

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13. Solange S
"Greate song"

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C. COMMENTS THAT ARE WRITTEN WITHOUT A VERB
Examples:
1. Mariah Simelton
"Y'all cute"

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2. Jordynn Lewis
"They cute"

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3. Ranique Hayes
"how old you"

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4. Robin Wallace
"My song yall"

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5. queen kamora
"Yo they Soo cute"

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6. Takeria Buchanan
"This my song"

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D. COMMENTS THAT USE LETTERS OR NUMBERS IN PLACE OF WORDS

Examples:
1. Anilah Goddard
"Love them
U all are so sweet"

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2. Sokhna Drame
"U guys r so cute"

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3. Alexis2cute
"Omg u killed that"
-snip-
Notice this commenter's "name".

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4. lynette590909
"I love it....but who can give these cutie a thumbs down. ...smh....should they shake their butts...an cuss...2 get a thumbs up. .....
THANKS KIDS...U R AWESOME"

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E. COMMENTS THAT USE RANDOM LETTERS, NUMBERS, SYMBOLS, INTERNET/TEXT ABBREVIATIONS, AND/OR EMOJIS IN PLACE OF WORDS

Examples:
1. Sherry Robinson
"omg little kids and they still amazing"

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2. Mel's Channel of Fun
"Kid swagggg Love it <3"

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3. Dande Hill
"😘😍😛💋💘💞💖💕💍💎😉😘"

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4. Kate O
"Lmao!"

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5. Key'ara Moore
"i love the littel girl😘😘😘😍😇😇😅🙂🙂😘🙂😂😇😅😅😅😇😇😇😇😅😅😇😍🙂🙂😇😇😇🙂😅🙂🙂😍😍😍🙂😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😍😍😍😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😜😜😘😜😘😘😘😘😘😘😍😍😍😍😘🙂😘😘😘😍😘😇🙂😘😂😅😘😃🤣😇😅🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤💕💕❣️❤️❤️🖤🖤❣️💕❤️🖤❣️💕❤️"

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This concludes Part II of this two part series.

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