> 
-> 
->  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.

:-)!

"Speak the speech, I pray you, trippingly in the tongue..."

Most probably not a reference to Ebonics. I think personally that English
should change very slowly...

(I DO use the phrase 'bad mouth' ... as a good alternative to 'insult'...
with no justification other than I like it... :-)

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