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Re: Black English (Was: Ebonic Xmass)

From:Mia <tuozin@...>
Date:Thursday, January 13, 2000, 15:31
hoensch@SOFTHOME.NET wrote:
> > PS: Ebony is a type of wood. Ebon is the adjective for ebony. > Why ebonIC?
Ebony + phonics= Ebonics. The person who decided on this title created "Ebonic" as an adjective from "Ebonics". Slang is not bad English. Slang is good English. Yoda, on the other hand, speaks bad English. -- Mia Soderquist (tuozin@dmv.com) http://www.crosswinds.net/~ratnow/ http://www.angelfire.com/de/siidmak/ (Moving soon. I hate pop-ups.)