Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 09:22:50 -0600

From: Bonnie Briggs BBRIGGS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ADMIN2.MEMPHIS.EDU

Subject: Re: "it's all good"



That's not really true in the South were you have both white and black

speakers using similar if not identical speech patterns (including grammar)

in many instances. This is not an act of imitation however, it is part of the

dialect.



Bonnie Briggs

The University of Memphis



If we could truly be "color blind" as far as vernacular is concerned,

there would not be such a big deal about "Ebonics." The fact is that as,

Claerbaut so accurately noted, "Whites rarely imitate black grammar or

black pronunciation except in derison." But as most of us know, black

slang is liberally and readily imitated.



On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Jim Crotty wrote:



Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 02:34:26 -0500

From: Jim Crotty Monkmag[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

To: ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU

Subject: Re: "it's all good"



In a message dated 11/2/97 6:31:11 PM, you wrote:



On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, STEVE ALLEN NOLDEN wrote:



have "all good," she does have "all that." But I agree, I prefer to be

color-blind in most things, including vernacular. Though there are times when

words or expressions clearly come from a very specific racial group.