Re: USAGE: Regionalisms
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 15, 1999, 17:32 |
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Joe Mondello wrote:
> I heard my brother say this today and it struck me that it is probably fairly
> regional (Long Island, New York). He makesa sentence a question by beginning
> it with "Right . . . ?" as in "Right it's supposed to snow again tonight?"
> has anyone else heard/used this?
My daughter, age 12, native New York Citian, says this.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)