Lakota demonstratives

[Bruce Ingham]

'yon' is (or was as I had an aunt who spoke that way) quite widely used in
northern dialects of British English and
 I think in South Western rural dialects too.

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From:           	"Rankin, Robert L" <rankin at ku.edu>
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Subject:        	RE: Lakota demonstratives


>I wonder, is "yonder" a frequent word in present-day American English?

It certainly is for me, as a Southerner. But it is regional.

And I don't use the adjectival "yon" nor the temporal "yore" at all.

bob
Dr. Bruce Ingham
Reader in Arabic Linguistic Studies
SOAS