Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:58:21 -0800

From: Dan Alford dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU

Subject: Re: Recent Black English



Marilyn Silva reports that when she was teaching high school in NYC 25 years ago,

students THEN were reporting, "we don't talk like that -- that's the way country

folk talk!" Of course, there's always a mix in big cities between country and

city folk. And ... some people don't know objectively what they do. But ...

that's the report.

-- Moonhawk (%- )

"The fool on the hill sees the sun going down and

the eyes in his head see the world spinning round"

-- McCartney/Lennon