I think "ebonics" is actually derived from Gullah, which was slave
"english" (actually a hodgepodge of various languages/pronunciations,
including African and European). Most of my neighbors are Gullah, and
speak Gullah, which sounds a lot like Jamaican English when they get
going, but also seems to be the root of the "ebonics" that is prevalent
all over the country. I'm guessing it all started with the slaves here,
who were the first to be brought to the US, from Barbados initially then
Africa directly, and sorta spread with subsequent arrivees and the
diaspora. I am told it sorta developed as a general language everyone
could communicate in using various bits of their own original languages.
This is all conjecture, not being a linguist, but being here in the
midst of the "mother" tongue it sure seems like it.
I don't think the CL idiot was communicating in ebonics, he was probably
just a dumbass.
--R
On 12/4/11 6:50 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
Spelling is now an elective class, with Ebonics being one of the
accepted
word forms.
Which is humorous, since ebonics is derived from back country irish,
but we claim it is "african."
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