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Re: USAGE: YAEPT:Re: Shavian: was Re: USAGE: Con-graphies

From:Jean-François Colson <fa597525@...>
Date:Sunday, June 11, 2006, 18:34
SE? VA? NE? NC? What's all this?

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From: "caeruleancentaur" <caeruleancentaur@...>
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Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: YAEPT:Re: Shavian: was Re: USAGE: Con-graphies


> >daniel prohaska <danielprohaska@...> wrote: > >>I'm sure other folk from other parts of England and Lowlands > Scotland >could come up with more examples. Maybe even from > Transatlantia->dialect areas like the Appalachians. > > Another area rife with regionalisms is the Tidewater area of SE VA & > NE NC. When I was home on vacation 2 weeks ago, I commented on my > sister-in-law's use of "clean," as in "It's clean down in NC." I > would have said, "It's way down in NC." > > She also says "stairsteps" instead of stairs or steps. > > One regional pronounciation is that of "ou." I say /{u/. In that > region they say /Eu/ (I think). Listen to a recording of Keeley > Smith when the lyrics contain words like about or house. She is > from Norfolk. > > The area, especially in VA, has become very cosmopolitan since the > days of signs that say, "Dogs and sailors keep off the grass." But > it is still possible to find some who use the regionalisms. > > > BTW, I say /kIN/. > > Charlie > >

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