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Re:Ask HN: GPT-3 reveals my full name – can I do anything? by gtirloni on Sunday June 26, 2022 @12:20PM (#31885282)
> merely how they do be

Going on a tangent here but I've started seeing more "do be" used lately. However, it doesn't seem right for some reason I can't pinpoint (English is not my first language).

Is it from a dialect?

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Re:Ask HN: GPT-3 reveals my full name – can I do anything? by Jeaye on Sunday June 26, 2022 @12:29PM (#31885357)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitual_be

It's an African American idiom which has bled into Gen Z vernacular, from what I've seen.

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Re:Ask HN: GPT-3 reveals my full name – can I do anything? by mst on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:28AM (#31895946)
Habitual be is IMO a fantastically useful linguistic innovation (and I say this as a nearly forty english white dude).
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