YOH IN AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH

Mon Sep 17 14:31:53 UTC 2001

In a message dated 9/17/01 10:20:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
slang at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK writes:

> Surely _yo!_ ...is Spanish in origin.

I'm curious as to your evidence that "yo" is from Spanish.  Also, which
dialect of Spanish?  In the Castilian and New World dialects, "yo" means "I"
and the word for "yes" is "si" (with an acute accent over the "i", so
distinguish it from "si" meaning "if".)

     - Jim Landau