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Old 02-05-2009, 01:58 PM   #48
FlamingLonghorn
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Originally Posted by cyclone3483 View Post
Ebonics, a blend of ebony and phonics, also known as Black English (per Meriam-Webster)

Main Entry: Black English Function: noun Date: 1968 : a nonstandard variety of English spoken by some African-Americans —called also Black English vernacular

So, by bringing up ebonics, you are bringing up race. You were the one who assumed it was a black person speaking.

The language I used displayed a person lacking education, not speaking ebonics. Picture an uneducated white person saying the same things, still works.

What, in particular, points to ebonics that could not also be a white person without education? Let me answer that one, nothing.

You have made an erroneous assumption.
Might want to get a more recent definition than 1968 because ebonics has spread a lot farther than the African American community since than...
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