Re: [p] <-> [k_W] ( was Re: /s/ vs /z/)
| From: | Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 2:36 |
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> > > [A:m V "fIk.sIn t@ tEl jv ...]
> > And what does this mean?
>I guess something like
>"I'm going to tell you"
>"I'm a-fixin' ta tell ya"
Yes. It's what might be labelled a prospective aspect in some dialects of
American English in the deep south. A slightly better translation might be
"I'm about to tell you".
If any are wondering, I do not speak this way. I never did, but I heard it
quite often while growing up.
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