Of accents & dialects (was: Azurian phonology

I assume it's actually "I sworn", just like "I seen", "I gone", etc.



On 10/28/08, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
>> Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...> wrote:
>
>> Differences in dialect are much more commonly reflected as
>> differences in vocabulary than as differences in grammar.
>
> The lady who cleans my rectory was here yesterday and we were
> chatting.  She used an expression I've heard before but forgotten
> about: "I swan" instead of "I swear."
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts about this expression?  I've only heard
> it in the South.  Perhaps it's a euphemistic alteration.
>
> Charlie
>
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