"so's" (and "Alls I Know Is")

[Wilson Gray]

"So's" is still alive and kicking among many BE speakers. I use it
myself. It was also used a lot by actors in the old horse operas. Of
course, that use could have been stereotypical as adding to the local
color.
-Wilson

On 10/7/06, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On Oct 7, 2006, at 9:00 AM, i wrote, about "alls"/"all's":
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> > i got this story from:
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> > Mark Liberman, "All's I know is ..." 7/24/04:...
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> add to this non-standard form the equally non-standard "so's" 'so
> (that)', presumably from "so as" used this way (entry 29a for "so" in
> the OED, marked as now dialectal).  some hits on "so's I can":
>
> COME ON BACK TO ME NOW, HONEY, SO'S I CAN KILL YOU! COME ON BACK TO
> ME SO'S WE CAN PLAY ...
> www.travisshredd.com/cz/Band/comeonback.htm
>
> use 6 bolts so's i can snug 'em up and gain a little extra strength
> in the friction coefficient.
> www.sculpture.net/community/archive/index.php/t-982.html
>
> And actually, I need it two weeks in advance so's I can track down
> what I'm missing before they sell out.
> www.606studios.com/bendisboard/showthread.php?t=395
>
> Still hoping to track down the original photos so's I can get a copy.
> davesgarden.com/forums/t/651739/
>
> [not in Brians]
>
> arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
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