Ary

[Michael Everson]

On 3 Jan 2013, at 13:58, Donald McCaig <mccaig at MGWNET.COM> wrote:

> I'm a historical novelist and keeping speech rhythms and dialect
> appropriate to the time helps the reader participate.
>
> I'd like to know early uses of the southern "ary" for "any" and the
> word's relationship to "Nary".

ary/nary

every/nevery

e'ery/ne'ery

any/nany

Pattern? Anyway it just struck me.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

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