Re: New Englishisms
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 11, 1999, 18:10 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> 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...
Several people I know from Pittsburgh use it: [yIz], with barred i.
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John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org
You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn.
You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn.
Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)