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To: nyyankeefan

What is Ebonics ?
Is it like a phonetic thing they teach ?


15 posted on 11/23/2007 6:40:06 AM PST by jabbermog
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To: jabbermog

Ebonics is a type of English spoken in the African American community. Do you remember when the Oakland City schools were going to teach this as standard English? BTW: one is not allowed to call Ebonics a dialect (but of course, it is).


19 posted on 11/23/2007 7:41:51 AM PST by Emrys (Fashion says "Me, too." Style says, "Only me.")
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