Question: Bob Dylan's performance dialect

[Dennis Preston]

Is "whose" truespel for "who's"?

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>Bob Dylan whose from Minn. is a'talkin like Woody Guthrie whose from Okla.
>What's a'goin on here.
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>Is dialect primarily pronunciation or word choice?
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>>  Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:21:28 -0600
>>  From: dsgood at IPHOUSE.COM
>>  Subject: Question: Bob Dylan's performance dialect
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>>  Poster: Dan Goodman
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>>  Bob Dylan doesn't sing in the native dialect of someone from "so far
>>  north in Minnesota that Moosehead isn't beer, it's a misdemeanor." It's
>>  widely assumed that he's imitating Woody Guthrie's dialect; but I don't
>>  hear much resemblance.
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>>  So: 1) Is Dylan assuming some other dialect? 2) Is he trying to sound
>>  like Woody Guthrie and getting it wrong, or 3) Do I have no ear for
>>  dialect and he's getting it right?
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Dennis R. Preston
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