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- From: Paul Jones <pjones AT metalab.unc.edu>
- To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: For y'all's enjoyment
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:39:28 -0500 (EST)
i was at a linguistics conference in which a long study of "the
might-could that lives in texas" was laboriously described. turns out that
"might-could" is used most strongly by native texans at the upper and
lower ends of the economic spectrum. the middle being most likely to give
up their linguistic specialness.
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Re: For y'all's enjoyment
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- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, j. alfred prufrock, 03/03/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, B Holroyd, 03/03/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, j. alfred prufrock, 03/03/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, David Parker, 03/03/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Michael Thomas, 03/03/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, B Holroyd, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Paul Jones, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Mary Overby, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Austin, Roger, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Welna.Sarah, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Paul Jones, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, MaryBeth Lackey, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Gina Norman, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, B Holroyd, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Dykki Settle, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Thomas A. Beckett, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Thomas A. Beckett, 03/06/2000
- Re: For y'all's enjoyment, Dave Parker, 03/06/2000
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