Ebonic vs Ebonics

[Barnhart]

An interesting thread.  However this may be resolved, the fact is that
usage shows people say such things as:

"The Packers viewed Parcells, as one Green Bay assistant coach put it,
"as what in Ebonics is know as a media ho."
Sports Illustrated, Feb. 3, 1997

In all the uproar, however, one detail is being overlooked: when the
Oakland school board announced Ebonics was the "primary language" of
African Americans...
The New Republic, Jan. 20, 1997

These come from The Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 10.1, 1997).  I
have looked at the evidence I collected for this treatment and at more
recent evidence.  My non-calculated impression is that the occurrence
of Ebonic is slightly higher in the last two years.  The numbers
however are small relative to those for Ebonics.  Most of the Ebonic
cites were for adjective rather than noun usage.

Regards,
David Barnhart

David K. Barnhart, Editor
The Barnhart Dictionary Companion [quarterly]
barnhart at highlands.com
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