Re: Deictics was Re: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

Quoting Joe <joe@...>:

> From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
> > Right, I agree more or less with that statement. But even
> > if Scots were a dialect, there would be other dialects
> > that have just three.  A number of American dialects still
> > use _yonder_.
>
> As an adjective usually, isn't it?  'Yonder castle' is not usual,
> you'd use 'that castle yonder'
Yes, that's possible.  I don't speak one of these dialects and
haven't read much on it, so I can't really say much about
frequency.

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