Re: CHAT: Ebonic Xmass

I'm with you on this one. It wasn't so long ago I flamed someone on
one of the Celtic Usenet newsgroups for wanting to do this kind of
thing "Irish" style. Needless to say, I was shouted down. I'm glad all
respondants thus far are in agreement that this is not a Good Thing to
be publishing on a public list.

I think you might find yourself in the majority, this time, David.

Padraic.

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, The Gray Wizard wrote:

>I may be in a minority here (I usually am), but I found this post extremely
>objectionable.  While the study of African-American dialect is a valid one
>and discussion of such is of peripheral interest to the readers of this
>forum, this kind of blatant deprecation and racist stereotyping was
>unexpected by this African-American conlanger.
>
>I don't want to start a long thread on this, but felt compelled to register
>a complaint.
>
>David