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In a message dated 98-02-25 12:48:08 EST, you write:

<< >>>>> "JoeJarv" == JoeJarv  <JoeJarv@aol.com> writes:
 
     JoeJarv> Do I sense the beginnings of "Ray-bonics"? :-) ;-)
 
 The term shuld more properly be "Raynics", because "ebonics" has as it
 root the word "ebony" -- black -- hence "Ray" would be the root of the
 new word, not "Ray-bone" or "Ray-bony".  :-)
  >>

Me:

Actually, a study of the etymology of the word "ebonics" shows that the
"onics" suffix, actually comes from the word "phonics", and not from the word
"ebony". Thus, eb (from ebony) + onics (from phonics)= ebonics.
With the extended use of the term to include dialects of differing groups, the
rule has become to begin the suffix of the term with the letter "b" whenever
the prefix ends in a vowel.  This, of course, is consistent with the long-
standing and universally accepted practice of the addition of a "w" before the
"ay" suffix in Pig Latin  whenever it would have been preceded by a vowel.

Thus, Ray-bonics.

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