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.
> >