Re: Word usage in English dialects // was Slang, curses and vulgarities
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, February 5, 2005, 22:36 |
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On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 13:57:47 -0600, Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
wrote:
> ["Shall"] does exist, but in many dialects, such as mine, it is only
> slightly
> more alive than "whom",
I think I missed this discussion. FWIW, in my lect "whom" is universally
the dative of "who" in every register, unless I consciously decide to
pattern myself more closely with those around me (or, oddly, if I've been
drinking -- which surely ought to reveal the more ingrained pattern,
shouldn't it?). It may be the only remnant of the dative (vs the more
common oblique) case in my lect.
Paul