View Single Post
island911 island911 is offline
Information Junky
 
island911's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
I'll just add, to be clear; that slang is not owned by any skin color. It is an American thang.

The fact that there are racists who want to make "ebonics' a language of American dark-skinned people is quite disturbing.
__________________
Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong.
Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth.
More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee.
Old 07-30-2005, 10:31 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #7 (permalink)