NP From Older English to Moderner English

netty benitom at slf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Tue May 6 17:57:03 CDT 1997


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Thomas


On Mon, 5 May 1997, davemarc wrote:

> And just to touch on Ebonics again, it's interesting to note that "aks"
> preceded "asks" as a widely accepted form of English.  Also that writers
> have recognized an African-American linguistic system for a long, long
> time--way before the coinage of Ebonics in the Seventies.  O'Neill and many
> other talented souls worked very hard at capturing its nuances.
> 
> davemarc
> 
> 



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