Invariant innit, isn ´t it

[Matthew Gordon]

For Alexie "enit" is not just a phonetic variant of "isn't it?" - here are a
few quick examples from browsing thru _Reservation Blues_:

"That's a pretty good deal, enit?"
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"There," Victor said. "Now you can play the song."
"Oh, yeah, enit," Junior said. "Play it now."
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"How you feeling this morning?"
"Little sore, little tired."
"I know what you mean, enit?"
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"I don't drink like that," Simon said.
"All he has is Pepsi and coffee," Junior said.
"All I have is Pepsi and coffee," Simon said.
"Enit?" Victor asked.
"Enit."
"Well," Victor said. "Let's go."


On 9/7/06 12:58 PM, "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:

>
> does anyone know how "innit" is used in alexie's works? we can't
> really tell anything just from the observation that his characters
> use "innit"; there are several possible systems here.
>
> arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)
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