Date:  Sun, 20 Nov 1994 08:02:16 -0400

From:  "Becky Howard, Department of Interdisciplinary Writing,

     Colgate University" <BHOWARD[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CENTER.COLGATE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Recent Black English



Tim, when I use Geneva Smitherman's *Talkin and Testifyin*, my students like

the book but find its reports of usage quaint--not to mention the cover

picture.....



Becky Howard