Re: Somewhen (was: Disambiguating polysemy)

Ray Brown wrote:

>
>> * somewhere
>> * somehow
>> (so far so good, then...)
>> * somewho (instead someone)
>> * somewhat (instead of something)
>
>
> The last did survive in southern dialects, at least, in the UK - tho
> normally pronounce 'summat' - with the meaning 'something'. The word
> still
> occurred in colloquial English when I was young, but we were aware that
> this was not standard and 'something' was the more common word. It was
> obsolescent when I was young and may well be obsolete now.
>
My (colloquial) pronunciation of 'something' varies between [sVmIN?] and
[sVmIn?] (Those are the once that occur before vowels.  Actually, I
think the nasal depends on the following consonant.  [sVmIJ?] might well
happen before [j]. )  Not really related to 'summat', but similar,
phonologically.  And I think I've heard it (Oxfordshire).