Michael, Why not add a <<< Click Here >>> to kill this thread.
If X number of people vote to kill it... It's killed programmatically. X=25? 30? 35? 50? ... 35% of the last weeks posters??? Ten or more different ways to kill it... be creative. Then it becomes a user moderated list... the users can kill the nonsense. At 01:56 PM 10/31/02, you wrote: >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
