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[Dennis R. Preston]

Almost as funny as the great movie scene when Joe Pecsi declares (before
puzzled southerners), "When I was a Ute...."

dInIis

>Whenever the Louisiana guy was a kid, he went fishing.  O.K. but what did he
>do in between the times that he was a small goat?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <RonButters at AOL.COM>
>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 10:25 AM
>Subject: more on Preston on whenever
>
>
>> Dennis writes, "Of course you can't say "Whenever I was a little boy..."
>(at
>> last not in
>> the straightforward reading. ..."
>>
>> So you don't beleive the Louisiana guy who says he hears, "Whenever I was
>a
>> kid, we went fishing with my grandpa"?

Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736