Re: USAGE: Regionalisms
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 0:11 |
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On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 12:08:29 EST Joe Mondello <Rugpretzel@...>
writes:
>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?
>Pacs precs
>Joe Mondello
>
I don't think i've ever heard or used it, but it seems to me like just a
flipping of the "right" from the end to the beginning of the sentence, as
if to make it clear from the beginning that it's a question and not a
statement.
It's supposed to snow again, right?
Right it's supposed to snow again?
-Stephen (Steg)
"hhalomot zeh b'emet"
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