Is Ebonics broken English?

Ask or ask. Woo. I need all of you right

now on the count of three to say ask on

three. 1 2 3. Ask. Very good. Gerard

McClendon is giving these high schoolers

at Aquinus Academy in Palos Hills an

English lesson they've never never ever

had. The C sound comes at the end. The S

sound comes in the middle. But what do

people say? Axe. Yes. Again, it's the

form of a subculture there. a subculture

uh that just goes from one generation to

another and just passing on poor

language skills. Yet linguistic experts

noting that Ebonics, like any language

variety, has consistent grammar rules,

phonetic patterns, and vocabulary. Far

from being broken English, Ibonics is a

rulegoverned dialect spoken by millions

and millions of Americans.