I vote to move this to cf-community or, if Michael wouldn't mind creating a new list, cf-ebonics.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kreig Zimmerman [mailto:kkz@;foureyes.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:56 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: OT RAGE > > > Yes, > > And to add to a ridiculously off-topic thread: there is a lot of > validity to the study of ebonics. Insofar as linguistics goes, it's > been proven that many of the syntactical structures of so-called Ebonics > can be traced to African roots, and the earlier creoles spoken by the > original African migrants to North America. > > Unfortunately, this has gotten parodied in the mainstream media as a > defense of "bad English" and slang. However, the study of ebonics has > nothing to do with slang. That most people believe this is so, shows > their own ignorance of the topic at hand. So put down the copy of The > National Review, and read something that was actually written in > the field. > > What you find might just surprise you. > > Dwayne Cole wrote: > > >>Personally, Isaac, I thought your comments were hilarious! > >>"Ebonics" was the biggest joke to ever come out of the educational > >>establishment and not enough fun could be "poked" at the idea. > >>And Prof. Cole, if you can't see that the bigger "joke" is ebonics > >>itself, you need to come out of that ivory tower and visit the > real world. > >> > >>Lighten up...ebonics was a ridiculus idea... > >> > >>Rick > >> > >> > >============ > > > >Rick, > > > >Unless you are a linguistics, you too are showing your ignorance > and your opinion. It's ridiculus for a ColdFusion specialist to > denigrate the hard work of committed linguistics. I'm familiar > ebonics research and people in the field, pro and con, at least > respect the arguments. > > > >============= > >Prof. Dwayne Cole, MS in MIS, MBA > >Florida A&M University > >Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > >850-591-0212 > > > >"It can truely be said that nothing happens until there is > vision. But it is equally true that a vision with no underlying > sense of purpose, no calling, is just a good idea - all "sound > and fury, signifiying nothing." The Fifth Discipline - Peter Senge > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
