Border states was Re: "quick a feet"

[Dennis R. Preston]

Nope that runs right through Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois (for the
territory under discussion). Go listen if you don't believe me.

dInIs



What border is Kentucky on? I lived  there for years, goin' to
Indiana and Ohio and Tennessee, and Illinois and never needed no
passport.

dInIs


I think it's the border between North and South.

Barbara Need
UChicago--Linguistics


A real live example of one of those "a" + plurals we've been talking about...

In last night's deciding Game 5 of the National League Divisional
Series between the Braves and Giants, announcer Tim McCarver (from
some border state like Kentucky--I forget exactly which one) was just
about to make a point about how some infielders who are slow runners
nevertheless have quick feet as fielders, like Brooks Robinson (as he
explained afterward) or J. T. Snow, who had just made a nice play for
the Giants.  But in the middle of his utterance, the camera focused
on Snow blowing a bubble that exploded over his nose, and McCarver
shifted horses mid-sentence:

"It's always amazed me how a guy can can blow that big a bubble and
have that quick a feet."

larry

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Dennis R. Preston
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--
Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
740 Wells Hall A
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
Office - (517) 353-0740
Fax - (517) 432-2736