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Originally Posted by Sowa
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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*sigh*
1968 is OBVIOUSLY the date of first inclusion in the Meriam-Webster dictionary, not the last date they updated the definition. Otherwise, their definitions that say "15th century" would be in a language harder to understand than Shakespeare and the King James Bible. It is their business to remain current (relatively) on definitions of words. That should have been apparent.
How about
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African American Vernacular English: a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States (Princeton University)
Ebonics - a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States (the free dictionary.com...wow that sounded similar, who stole from who?)
Etymology: Blend of
ebony and
phonics Ebonics is the African American's linguistic memory of African languages. Ebonics was coined by Robert L. Willams Ph.D. in 1973 and published in his book: Ebonics: The True Language of Black folks. (allwords.com)
a nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people [syn: Black English, BlackEnglish Vernacular, Ebonics] (dictionary.die.net)A nonstandardform of American Englishcharacteristicallyspoken by African Americans in the United States (wordwedonline.com)
Those were the first four I found. Not sure where you are getting YOUR definition from, the one I found seems to be universally accepted.