Radicalism of reading

[Joshua Fruhlinger]

At 12:06 PM -0500 05.02.97, davemarc wrote:
>Anyway, I've spoken about Ebonics with a genius linguist who's married to
>another genius linguist, and both of them only have a problem with how
>linguists were virtually overlooked in the "debate" on the subject.  So
>that proves everything.

Strange.  I don't recall being snapped at, but apology accepted.

Aren't all of these "forms" of English simply called argot(s)?  As such,
they are styles/subcultures of something larger, hence don't require
recognition as other forms/bodies of communication separate from the
ideal-type.

I have a feeling your linguist couple friends have at hand thousands of
examples  of argot(s) just like Ebonics and would argue that shifts in
style of delivery are natural.

Curious...when did English become English and not...German Old English
(ever been forced to read Beowulf)?  What was it that borne our native
tongue and when did English "secede"?  When does an argot become a language?

-j

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