I've been knowin' her for a long time

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:53 PM -0500 11/28/06, Wilson Gray wrote:
>It looks very much like the BE "I BIN knowin' that" and "I BIN knowin'
>him," that I'm acccustomed to using and hearing in East Texas and in
>Saint Louis, whereas I've never heard the "I BIN *know* that" and "I
>BIN *know* him" that has been examined quite thoroughly by John Baugh,
>but which I, personally, am familiar with *only* from his work. Don't
>know no reason why not. Just ain't never heard it.
>
>-Wilson

It's in John Rickford's work too, with considerable detail.

LH

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>On 11/28/06, RonButters at aol.com <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
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>>In a message dated 11/28/06 2:08:15 PM, wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM writes:
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>>>  "I've been knowin' that" (has this form ever been discussed here
>>>?) since=20
>>>  kidhood.
>>>=20
>>>  =A0 JL
>>>=20
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>>Also "I've been knowin' him"--this is something I noticed in North Carolina,=
>>=20
>>but not in the Midwest.
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