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Re: New Englishisms

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Thursday, March 11, 1999, 0:15
Steg Belsky wrote:

> >4. I say /o:fn/ (o: is aw in law). > > Yup, me too.
Does that mean "often" and "orphan" rhyme for you? I guess that would depend on whether you have a nonrhotic dialect or not.
> >The oddest thing is that people in New England also say y'all. That > >might be because of the influence of the universities ... But y'allses is > >definitely out. > > Here people say the long form, "you all"....probably to not sound like > 'hicks' ( = the rest of the country) :) .
Is _youse_ used at all still? I've always had the feeling that it's one of those really stigmatized forms that people are quick to shun... ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." There's nothing particularly wrong with the proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace ========================================================