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Re: Ebonics
At 09:32 AM 12/23/96 +0000, Omegaman wrote:
>> > from grammatically incorrect speech. I can speak with grammatic
>> > perfection and a
>> > drawl so heavy it'll make your eyeballs hurt.
>> Yeah. I thought the issue was understanding in the workplace; no
>> matter
>> how gramatically correct your are, I can't understand you and so I
>> won't hire you.
>
>
>Re-read what I said carefully. I "*can* speak"... I can also speak
>more clearly. The same holds true, for speakers of "ebonics."
>and it is an insult to their intelligence to imply that they cannot
>or cannot easily learn to.
I am waiting for the "language police" to get ahold of Ebonics. I can just
see inner city kids being told that they are not slurring their vowels
properly or any other of a thousand obscure rules of language.
Maybe the best way to kill a subculture's language is to codify it,
regiment it, and then force it to be taught in the schools.
What the hell this has to do with crypto, I have no idea...
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