Brooklynese in N.O.

Wed Sep 14 20:48:24 UTC 2005

--On Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:43 PM -0700 "Arnold M. Zwicky"
<zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:

>  anybody have evidence
> on the use of "y'all" in brooklyn in the late 19th century?

Well, I did hear that some of the workers took their boat (a yawl, no
doubt) and went back to Brooklyn.

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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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