I guess it's African American dialect, often the s is dropped or the verbs are conjugated incorrectly.

English term (edited): She hate me

Spike Lee came up with the title from watching "X.F.L." (2001). A player named Rod Smart gained some notoriety by nicknaming himself "He Hate Me".

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384533/trivia

English term (edited): She hate me.

Don't worry about it. It's how they talk.

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I am copping a lot of flak over the word \"slang\". I was using the word in its colloquial sense, and indeed using it quite correctly in this sense.

Despite certain pusillanimous and pig-ignorant insinuations, I have not taken a position about whether this is \"erroneous\" standard English or \"grammatically correct\" dialect. To take a position on this question would involve making a political choice. I am aware of the arguments for and against, but I do not see that I should involve myself in a dispute within another culture and another country. Parallel questions arise in Australia about \"Aboriginal English\". I refuse to become involved in that issue too.

Returning to the question, it is clear that the two disagreers to my answer so far have done so on political rather than linguistic grounds. Ruth\'s answer does not differ materially from mine, except that she commits herself to the existence of a separate dialect called \"ebonics\" (although the level of this commitment has to be questioned when she fails to capitalize it--are there any other dialect names that are not capitalized?). The actual linguistic content--that it is common for black Americans to use uninflected verbs in the 3rd-person present singular indicative, is the same. So why the disagree?

English term (edited): She hate me

You mostly hear this around African-Americans in certain urban areas.

This is like when you hear people say, "My baby daddy". It is not grammatically correct but it is used among this certain demographic

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Ruth made it a point to disagree about the origin of where it is used. YES you hear it in the rural areas but in recent years it has been popularized by rappers, actors, etc. who have predominantly been from URBAN areas. I never said it didn\'t happen in the rural areas. I said \" in certain urban areas\" which means it CAN happen elsewhere.

It is a new trend among this demographic to talk like this.

And as Yolanta said it came from the XFL which if you look into the player\'s background you will find he came from Lakeland, Florida which is not far from Tampa. Tampa has a high African American demographic and a major market of 200k.

So I was not totally off!

okay, i am off the soap box now....

English term (edited): RE Ruth's answer:

I'm simply posting this in support of Ruth's comments on Ebonics because there is not enough room as a peer comment. Hence, it is not meant as an answer per se.
This is a fascinating area of linguistics. This is from the site listed below - Oakland (California) Board of Education.

Whereas there has been a great deal of discussion in the media and among the American public about the l8 December l996 decision of the Oakland School Board to recognize the language variety spoken by many African American students and to take it into account in teaching Standard English, the Linguistic Society of America, as a society of scholars engaged in the scientific study of language, hereby resolves to make it known that:

The variety known as "Ebonics," "African American Vernacular English" (AAVE), and "Vernacular Black English" and by other names is systematic and rule-governed like all natural speech varieties. In fact, all human linguistic systems -- spoken, signed, and written -- are fundamentally regular. The systematic and expressive nature of the grammar and pronunciation patterns of the African American vernacular has been established by numerous scientific studies over the past thirty years. Characterizations of Ebonics as "slang," "mutant," "lazy," "defective," "ungrammatical," or "broken English" are incorrect and demeaning.

The distinction between "languages" and "dialects" is usually made more on social and political grounds than on purely linguistic ones. For example, different varieties of Chinese are popularly regarded as "dialects," though their speakers cannot understand each other, but speakers of Swedish and Norwegian, which are regarded as separate "languages," generally understand each other. What is important from a linguistic and educational point of view is not whether AAVE is called a "language" or a "dialect" but rather that its systematicity be recognized.

As affirmed in the LSA Statement of Language Rights (June l996), there are individual and group benefits to maintaining vernacular speech varieties and there are scientific and human advantages to linguistic diversity. For those living in the United States there are also benefits in acquiring Standard English and resources should be made available to all who aspire to mastery of Standard English. The Oakland School Board's commitment to helping students master Standard English is commendable.

There is evidence from Sweden, the US, and other countries that speakers of other varieties can be aided in their learning of the standard variety by pedagogical approaches which recognize the legitimacy of the other varieties of a language. From this perspective, the Oakland School Board's decision to recognize the vernacular of African American students in teaching them Standard English is linguistically and pedagogically sound.

English term (edited): she hate me

it is just plain and simple Ebonics. it's just a dialect, way to talk, whatever you wanna call it. it is even taught in schools someplace in CA where it is recognized as an actual language.