wush (was Re: "Sock It to Me")

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:25 PM -0400 6/28/05, Wilson Gray wrote:
>   BTW, I've also heard
>"nem" as in "Mama-nem" - generally considered to be a Southernism and
>"scream on" - used in St. Louis BE slang to mean "shout at" - likewise
>used by Jewish New Yorkers with the relevant meaning. Weird! IAC, if
>I've offended anyone, I apologize.)
>
>-Wilson Gray

I don't know about Jewish New Yorkers (even though I'm one of 'em),
but Pittsburghers count "Momanem" as a shibboleth of Pittsburghese
(in "humorous" regional-pride books, newspaper articles, pamphlets
and web sites), so I'm not sure how generally it's considered to be a
Southernism.

Larry