Or maybe CF-OT, one of the new lists you can see on the mailing lists page: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/ Please use that list or CF-Community for continuation of this topic. It is not relevant to the CF-Talk list. Thanks
> CF-Ebonics! Good idea! For those who can't code real CF, > we can create an alternate CF Language! ;o) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Tyrone [mailto:atyrone@;optonline.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 5:43 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: STFU about Ebonics already WAS: OT RAGE > > > 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/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
