Re: Ungrammaticalization?
| From: | Hawksinger <hawksinger@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 17, 1999, 0:21 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> "J. Barefoot" wrote:
> > You know, phrases that your parents and siblings understand
> > perfectly, but when you say in public, people look at you weird?
>
> Umm, well, my family has a joke/expression "We/I must be living right",
> used when something good happens, like getting a good parking space (the
This is one is common in Indiana.
On the other hand, I used to live with a woman who the youngest of
13 children. They had more family unique sayings and words than I have
ever heard before.
--
Brad Coon
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