languages

From: John Wilson <wilson_at_dbit.dbit.com>
Date: Thu Mar 9 14:13:14 2000

On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 07:23:15PM +0000, Hans Franke wrote:
> but what is Ebonyx ?

"Ebonics" is the latest euphenism for the seemingly grammarless slang used by
a lot of people these days, especially the uneducated. The name is just silly
though, why name a language after a tree, or maybe they meant the magazine?

I guess that's just more PCness, no one ever wants to specifically say what
race they're talking about (even when it's obvious to everyone), especially
in this case where the so-called "language" is something from which you have
to distance yourself if you want to be taken seriously.

> And, Jim, for the Grammer ting, don't forget that English
> is a bastard based on (at least) 5 languages from 3 different
> language families (No Offense Ment).

And *none* of those families wants to admit English is their child!
Well it's evolved quite a bit on its own so it's silly to try to draw too
close a parallel to anything.

John Wilson
D Bit
Received on Thu Mar 09 2000 - 14:13:14 GMT