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Re: About Romance natlangs and conlangs (Re: ) (LONG)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, November 21, 1999, 19:27
Raymond Brown wrote:
> & [the a-verbing form] still survives, I believe, in some US dialects.
Definitely. Indeed, there's a sort of cliche' which has made it into even dialects without the a- forms, "The times, they are a-changin'" -- "Old linguists never die - they just come to voiceless stops." - anonymous http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor