"Honey you can't be in here."

  "Okay, but don't say (i)can't(i) 'cuz then I'll want to." 

  "Okay, I'll say (i)shouldn't(i) but don't call me cuz." 

  "Why can't I?" 

  Before the woman in the flowy clothes could answer, a tall ebony-colored man in very shiney shoes stepped away from a box of rattles and looked down at the little women.  "Don't call us shorties," one said.  His voice was deep and rich but stuck in his chest.  "Because we're about to get (i)ethnic(i)." 

  "And you think we're 'too white'?"