Re: Black English (Was: Ebonic Xmass)
| From: | Mia <tuozin@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 13, 2000, 15:31 |
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hoensch@SOFTHOME.NET wrote:
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> 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.
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