Bob Klahn -> Jeff Binkley wrote:


 BK>  a. The variety known as "Ebonics," "African
American Vernacular
 BK>  English" (AAVE), and "Vernacular Black English" and by other
 BK>  names is systematic and rule-governed like all natural speech
 BK>  varieties. In fact, all human linguistic systemsGamm€”spoken,
 BK>  signed, and writtenGamm€”are fundamentally regular. The systematic
 BK>  and expressive nature of the grammar and pronunciation patterns
 BK>  of the African American vernacular has been established by
 BK>  numerous scientific studies over the past thirty years.
 BK>  Characterizations of Ebonics as "slang,"
"mutant," " lazy,"
 BK>  "defective," "ungrammatical," or "broken
English" are incorrect
 BK>  and demeaning.

Given all that scholarly acknowledgment, so what.
In the majority of businesses anyone speaking Ebonics is a:
lucky to have been hired in the first place and b:
not likely to advance much past unskilled labor.


 BK> .. I'll consider objections to Ebonics

I'll believe Ebonics is accepted by people as legit when International Air
Traffic Control starts using it.

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