Re: Sent to me from Georgia

----- Original Message -----
From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
To: Multiple recipients of list CONLANG <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 1999 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Sent to me from Georgia


> Danny Wier wrote:
> > JEET -- contraction for 'did you eat'.  Example: Jeet dis mawnin?
>
> Also: jeetjet? = "Did you eat yet?", as in:
>
> Jeetjet? (/dZitdZEt/)  (Did you eat yet?)
> Nah, jew? (/nA dZu/)  (No, did you?)
> Yanta?  (/jAnt@/) (You want to?)
> Aight (/ajt/) (Alright)
I remember some of these from a stand-up comedy routine I saw on TV years
ago... I think it was America's favorite redneck, Jeff Foxworthy. One of my
favorites was "duitcher," as in "Duitcher mama tells ya!"