[paranormal]

> 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]

You are correct.

A lot of this discussion is a complete embarrassment, I expected better from HN :(

[Evbn]

"Aficionado" != "scholar", which might resolve your confusion.