swang on local NPR station

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS doesn't ordinarily treat nonstandard verb forms - that's DARE territory.

I've heard "swang" in Tennessee on more than one occasion, but certainly not with any frequency.

JL

Barnhart <barnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM> wrote:
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I just heard _swang_ (as in sing, swang, swung) in an interview on NPR
(WAMC, Albany, NY). I suspect that HDAS will extend the understanding of
the place of _swang_ in recent American English beyond that found in
Wentworth (1944).

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com


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