Re: Story - TCOAIW
| From: | Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 12, 2002, 4:09 |
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 01:46:00 -0500 Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
writes:
> > That's probably a more common pronunciation. I would say
> "You'dn't've gone
> > if he did, would've you?," though. :)
>
> You'd say "Would've you"? Interesting ... so things like "would've"
> appear to be analyzed as single units in your dialect, rather than
> simple contractions. Does that apply for all -'ve contractions?
I say things like "would've you" occasionally, and it has nothing to do
with "would've" being analysed as a single unit. in my case it's an
influence from some of my conlangs (now that will get some strange
looks...)
Robert Wilson (Elentirno Pereldar) (mailto:han_solo55@juno.com)
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