Re: Ebonics

["Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>]

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On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, Matthew J. Miszewski wrote:

> Why is it that personal freedom, sometimes expressed by choice of dialect
> or language, seemingly has such arbitrary limits?  Many on the list
> complain that they are subject to too many rules, and yet, seem to chime in
> on multi-linugual issues in this way.

I never said that the government should force people to speak a certain
language.  You are missing the main point: How do you expect to communicate
with an employee who can't speak any language that you can understand?  It's
not arbitrary at all.  In fact, it's rather simple.

Mark
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