I'd argue that a dialect, and I speak with one, is a verbal trait. If speaking ebonics was just another dialect, its speakers would have no issues communicating in writing in the common tongue - which emphasises clarity and meaning over whatever it is that dialects communicate.
But that's not what we're observing though, is it? We don't generally see those who speak ebonics switch to writing English proper.
It's almost as if ebonics is the only dialect they know, even after two decades in the education system.
If the Portuguese can pick up English from not dubbing their TV shows, what kind of argument is it that Amercans somehow can't due to an underfunded education system (that spends more per student than any other nation) when they're steeped in the languge?
It's almost as if ebonics is the only dialect they know, even after two decades in the education system.
That's pretty breathtaking, yes.
It's a massive failure of the 'education' system, which apparently focuses on teaching them that they are victims and that they should blame Whitey for everything that goes wrong in their lives.
If I haven't been clear enough, of course everyone should be able to speak the standard version of the language. All I said is that I do not think regional dialects are any lesser, even if those people are unable to speak/write the common tongue. Purely from a linguistic POV, that distinction is arbitrary.
If the Portuguese can pick up English from not dubbing their TV shows, what kind of argument is it that Amercans somehow can't due to an underfunded education system (that spends more per student than any other nation) when they're steeped in the languge?
That's a good question. I myself picked up English from such sources. I once got into a fight with some SJWs, who then didn't believe that I am European and that English is my third language, because it's "too good". They apparently thought that this was an insult.
Is it just another diallect though?
I'd argue that a dialect, and I speak with one, is a verbal trait. If speaking ebonics was just another dialect, its speakers would have no issues communicating in writing in the common tongue - which emphasises clarity and meaning over whatever it is that dialects communicate.
But that's not what we're observing though, is it? We don't generally see those who speak ebonics switch to writing English proper.
It's almost as if ebonics is the only dialect they know, even after two decades in the education system.
If the Portuguese can pick up English from not dubbing their TV shows, what kind of argument is it that Amercans somehow can't due to an underfunded education system (that spends more per student than any other nation) when they're steeped in the languge?
That's pretty breathtaking, yes.
It's a massive failure of the 'education' system, which apparently focuses on teaching them that they are victims and that they should blame Whitey for everything that goes wrong in their lives.
If I haven't been clear enough, of course everyone should be able to speak the standard version of the language. All I said is that I do not think regional dialects are any lesser, even if those people are unable to speak/write the common tongue. Purely from a linguistic POV, that distinction is arbitrary.
That's a good question. I myself picked up English from such sources. I once got into a fight with some SJWs, who then didn't believe that I am European and that English is my third language, because it's "too good". They apparently thought that this was an insult.