European officials approved long-awaited data protection regulations on Tuesday, the latest effort in the region to give people a greater say over how their digital information is collected and managed.
Ebonics may refer to: 1  African American Vernacular English, a distinctive lect, or variety, of English spoken by African Americans, sometimes called Ebonics. Ebonics (word), a term that is used for what linguists far more often term African American Vernacular English, and that was originally used with strong connotations of the African origin of this language.
The word Ebonics was originally coined to refer to the language of the African Diaspora. Since the mid-1990s, it has been used colloquially to refer to a distinctive lect, or variety, of English spoken by African Americans, which most linguists refer to as African American Vernacular English.Ebonics may also refer to:1  Oakland Ebonics controversy, generated by the recognition in December 1996 by the Oakland, California school board of Ebonics (i.e. 2  African-American Vernacular English) as a distinct language. 3  Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks, a 1975 book about Ebonics.ince the mid-1990s, it has been used colloquially to refer to a distinctive lect, or variety, of English spoken by African Americans, which most linguists refer to as African American Vernacular English.