Obviously Ebonics has evolved __from__ American English, into something new. That's not obvious at all. "Ebonics" (or AAVE -- the grammar, as opposed to transi

Obviously Ebonics has evolved __from__ American English, into something new. That's not obvious at all. "Ebonics" (or AAVE -- the grammar, as opposed to transient slang) has much in common with Hiberno-Englishes found elsewhere. As a sometime speaker of Newfanese, I find the tense constructions of AAVE very familiar and predictable.