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> I think ebonics if a load of crock, but as an aficionado of linguistics... I was under the impression that modern linguists generally agreed that good lingui

> I think ebonics if a load of crock, but as an aficionado of linguistics... I was under the impression that modern linguists generally agreed that good linguistics is descriptive, not prescriptive. Could you elaborate here?

ledge 14y ago
You are correct. A lot of this discussion is a complete embarrassment, I expected better from HN :(
Evbn 14y ago
"Aficionado" != "scholar", which might resolve your confusion.