Fricative voicing in *houses*

[Wilson Gray]

Yes, I did mean, "All your syntax are belong to us." I knew that I didn't
have it right. Thanks for the help!

-Wilson

On 5/10/06, Dennis R. Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
>
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: Fricative voicing in *houses*
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> My example was indeed an elliptical "I'm through verb+ing," but if it
> were filled out, it would still be idiomatic. We're doing the same
> structures.
>
> dInIs
>
> PS: I never meant to be suggestive.
>
>
>
> >wilson inscribed:
> >>>>
> >Great example, dInIs! Perhaps I can spread it about. Or maybe not. I find
> it
> >really difficult to accept "done" as standard in this environment.
> Besides,
> >though I haven't heard any examples of blacks using "I'm done" in the
> wild,
> >I have found cases of "I'm through" used by whites not only in the wild,
> but
> >also even in print. "All your syntax are ours!" ;-)
> ><<<
> >
> >Both o' yez, are ye talkin' about the same construction? Wilson's
> original
> >mention of through vs. done was
> >
> >>>>
> >FWIW, I had the same problem with BE "through" vs. WE "done," as in BE,
> "I'm
> >_through_ VERBing," vs. WE, "I'm _done_ VERBing."
> ><<<
> >
> >dInIs, your example was "I'm through!", not "I'm through VERBing", albeit
> in
> >a suggestive context.
> >
> >(And btw, Wilson, don't you mean "All your syntax are belong to us"?)
> >
> >m
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------
> >The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>
>
> --
> It should be the chief aim of a university professor to exhibit
> himself [sic] in his own true character - that is, as an ignorant man
> thinking, actively utilizing his small share of knowledge. Alfred
> North Whitehead
>
> Dennis R. Preston
> University Distinguished Professor
> Department of English
> Morrill Hall 15-C
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing, MI 48824-1036 USA
> Office: (517) 353-4736
> Fax: (517) 353-3755
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org