Enit? being non-native

[Jeffrey Kopp]

On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:36:34 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>hey, Jeff, 
>
>I object.  I don't doubt "enit" is native; look at the use of it among the
>Spokanes and up in Lillooet country with "oozit".  These function much
>like Salish interrogative particles and such.  No matter that there are
>similar-sounding interjections in other dialects of English in North
>America -- What we have here is the so-called "Red English".  

Well, can you at least narrow it down to a Pepsi tribe or a Coke
tribe?

;->  Jeff

>(Which I have the dickens of a time finding research papers on.  Doesn't
>anybody study this?)
>
>Best,
>Dave
>
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