Re: USAGE: Regionalisms
| From: | Tim Smith <timsmith@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, March 17, 1999, 0:45 |
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At 12:32 PM 3/15/99 -0500, John Cowan wrote:
>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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I don't think I've ever heard this, but I like it. Maybe I'll use it in
Neo-Anglic. (I was looking for a clause-initial interrogative particle.)
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