Re: YAEDT? Syntax in dialects of English (was: Of accents & dialects (was: Azurian phonology)
| From: | Eugene Oh <un.doing@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 26, 2008, 19:54 |
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On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Elliott Lash <erelion12@...> wrote:
> Ray's observation that it is common enough down south accords with my
> observations. I live in Cambridge and although I know some northerners, most
> of my friends and acquaintances are southern - Hertfordshire, Isle of White,
> Surrey, Somerset, London, Essex - etc. I've caught all of them saying 'I was
> sat' and 'I was stood'. Never did here 'I was laid' - although I did ask one
> of my friends about it a few weeks ago and he says that he'd never heard it
> either.
>
> -Elliott
Probably because "I was laid" has slang associations with it. ;)
Eugene
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