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> 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?sideb > ar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Get the mailserver that powers this list at > http://www.coolfusion.com Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
