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Subject:Re: Tech Doc in Ebonics From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 9 Jan 1997 14:10:53 -0600
Laura Dent wrote:
>
> it's official, folks - I have just seen my first example of technical
> documentation written in Ebonics! granted it's tongue-in-cheek, strictly
> for internal use, etc., but I got a huge kick out of it ...
>
> a friend at another company showed me a document titled:
>
> "Taggin' with the Parser"
>
> and in the intro, "Wassup wid Dis," the author explained that the
> document was written in Ebonics for maximum comprehensibility ...
And what was the race of the person who wrote this rollicking bit of
parody?
Jeez, what's next, "The Wacky Adventures of Wong Lee Fong, Laundry Man"?
"The Tale of Isaac Mermelstein, Long Nosed Banker Jew"?
Have you even the slightest inkling of how offensive someone might find
a "tongue-in-cheek" example of "Ebonics"?
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