Not Quite Bushonics

[Wilson Gray]

Bushonics?! See whatchall has done staahdit wit' dat "ebonics" mess?
Necks thang ya know, iss goang be some e-bonics uh such like fo'
writin' e-mail wid.

-Wee at sn

On Dec 15, 2007 11:03 PM, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> . . . but the object-verb agreement problem here makes one
> wonder what the frog is going _on_ at that nursing job:
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> from an eBay seller's profile:
> "i am the mother of 4 who became disabled at my nursing job. so i now try to
> support my family and farm by selling on ebay."
> (the other) doug
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> > It's not every day that 'linguistics professor' is a major role in a
> > satire.  Enjoy...  Lynne
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> > Bushonics speakers strike back
> > By Tom McNichol
> >
> > http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/19/bushonics/index.html
> >
> > We're mad as hell and we won't be misunderestimated anymore!
> >
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