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A comment on African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard English with Mistakes (1999) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by mirimir on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:08PM (#15459914)
Right. I mean, is American English just British English with mistakes? Or is British English just Anglo-Frisian with mistakes?

Also, this is rather old news. Perhaps it was insightful, in its day.

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Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by ryanobjc on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:28PM (#15460098)
Given the political and national context, I'd say this "old news" is quite up to date, and furthermore something that most people obviously don't believe in.
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Re:African American Vernacular English Is Not Standard Engli... by mirimir on Thursday October 12, 2017 @02:42PM (#15460212)
Yes, fair enough. I guess that it's just old news to me. Being old, and having read it 18 years ago ;)
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