Prompted by requests from the Oakland, California, School Board for funding to include Ebonics in its cirriculum; the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools has made its own tongue in cheek application for federal dollars to teach "Y'allbonics". The SACS argues that Y’allbonics is also a distinct dialect of Standard American English; with patterns of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, usage and systematic rules and is equally entitled to recognition by linguists. Some... read more
