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<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">L O W L A N D S - L - 01 December 2013 - Volume 01</font></p>
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"><a href="mailto:lowlands.list@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">lowlands.list@gmail.com</font></span></a><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> - </font><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://lowlands-l.net/</font></span></a></p>
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<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="DE"><font color="#000000">Archive: </font></span><a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html" target="_blank"><span lang="DE" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html</span></a><span lang="DE"></span></font></p>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"></p><font color="#000000"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">From: </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">David B Alexander <<a href="mailto:dbalexander2@gmail.com">dbalexander2@gmail.com</a>></span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Subject: </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">Language Varieties</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">I'm looking for information on African-American English. Specifically, the meaning of the phrase, "As long as I'm Black." It seems to express emphasis and, in confrontational situations, threat. </span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><div title="Page 22"><p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Times">'I </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Times;font-style:italic">will never, never, as long as I'm black, I will never give up my power to another person.'</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">Oprah Winfrey </span></p></div></div></div></font></font><div align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span lang="DE"><font color="#000000">=========================================================</font></span></font></div>
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