Date:  Sun, 2 Nov 1997 21:30:25 -0500
From:  "Jeutonne P. Brewer" <jpbrewer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU>
Subject: Re: "it's all good"

The phrase can, of course, come from any one of a number of
sources. Everything doesn't originate from AAVE--or from any
other single source. As someone state, these are just tracks
or guesses about where to look.

Jeutonne

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

> Why does everything have to originate from AAVE or "Black Talk?"
> Some phrases or sayings are just that, not because they originated from
> black people, but just sayings. Damn!, why cant it come from "White
> talk" and what exactly would white talk be? I'm not trying to offend
> anybody its just that this "black talk" issue is kind of touchy for me.
>

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