On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:15:46 -0600 Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
writes:
>> >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.
Technically they rhyme, since the -ften of "often" and the -phan of
"orphan" are similar, but with the R in "orphan" it doesn't sound right.
My dialect has Rs. (rhotic?)
>> >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@...>
It's used, but i only hear it very rarely. Where i live it's pretty much
not found at all.
-Stephen (Steg)
"hhalomot zeh b'emet"
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