Re: Language Change
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, January 10, 2000, 0:25 |
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Raymond Brown wrote:
> Au contraire, mon ami. In the valleys of south Wales, 'do' used exactly
> the way Lars describes is alive & well. They do use 'do' like that all the
> time; they do even use it with the verb 'to do', e.g. "My dad do do it like
> this" :)
Intriguing. Of course, the source I was reading was only referring to
general, "standard" English. But that is interesting about Wales. Do
they ever simply say, for instance, "I have", or is the do always
required?
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