Re: English diglossia (was Re: retroflex consonants)

In a message dated 1/28/2003 11:31:06 PM Pacific Standard Time,
fatula3@ATTGLOBAL.NET writes:


> Anyone else here use +ACI-says+ACI- as the generic verb for reporting what
> someone
> said?  In anything informal, I'll often have +ACI-says+ACI-, as in:
>
>    Then he says, +ACI-I think I'll just throw your ocelot right off the
> roof+ACEAIg-.
>    So I says to him, +ACI-Then the bunny's gonna get it+ACEAIg-.
>    Then he says to me, +ACI-What on earth is Joe smoking this time?+ACI-.
>
 I actually use the word "all", or strictly speaking, the verb "to be all":

 I tried to look at his drum set, just because I admired it, but he was all,
"Don't touch my third-hand expensive 1973 Zildjian drum set". Then I was all,
"Just touching it won't hurt it. What makes it different from any other drum
set?" He's all, "This one is vintage, man! It was made in 1973!" So I'm all,
"But you play it every time the band plays a song! And it hasn't been
damaged!" Then he's all, "Yeah, but I don't really like having to wear it."

 And *I* happen to be from California, as a matter of fact.

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