We went the other day to catch some music from Buddy Guy in Delhi. Of course, being the show man that he was, Buddy Guy was great. It was interesting that he kept verifying if the audience was following what he was saying which I guess is natural considering that we are from an "unknown" culture and language.
I kind of began to see why "See what I am saying" (which I would abbreviate to SWIAS) has become such a popular ebonics expression. Yeah if you spent half your life having to explain what you mean because the people were unable to follow your slang - I can quite see you making SWIAS your stock in trade.
Of course black comedy is full of SWIAS. I have seen a sitcom the other day where every second word was that. It went like "I see what i am saying went up the girl see what I am saying and axed her see what i am saying about her mom see what i am saying" - That was it.. I really could not see what he was saying.
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