Date:  Fri, 14 Nov 1997 09:25:13 -0500
From:  "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU>
Subject: More re Ebonics & AAVE

Last night I posted the ff. query from another (non-linguistis) list:

>I'm not acquainted with the term African American Vernacular Language.
>Is it related in any way to Ebonics?

Then Lynne posted.

>From the list I originally copied from, I offer this:

> For detailed discussions of the differences you may want to check the
> Linguist list. As a starting point, I would suggest
> http://www.emich.edu/~linguist/issues/8/8-1312.html.

It appears that the terms are not always being used interchangeably "out
there."

Bethany