Re: Ebonics

[gt@kdn0.attnet.or.jp (Gemini Thunder)]

Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net> wrote:

>There's a story about the Confederate officer who, following the War For
>Southern Independence (not a true Civil War BTW), walked up the steps of
>the veterans' club and saw a Union man sitting with a tin cup, looking
>absolutely miserable with all sorts of injuries, etc.  The Southern man
>tossed a dollar into the cup, at which point the astonished Union soldier
>exclaimed "thank you, sir".  The next week at the club, the same thing
>happened, and the soldier asked "Excuse me sir, but why would a Southern
>officer such as yourself be showing so much sympathy to a Union man like
>myself?"  To which the Southern officer replied "Actually it's not that,
>it's just that you're the first Yankee I've seen that's been shot up
>to my specifications".

A minor nit on an otherwise excellent post:
I am of the understanding the proper name is "The War of Northern
Aggression". :)