Invariant innit, isn ´t it

Sat Sep 9 03:05:21 UTC 2006

On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:20 PM, ddr11 wrote:

> This tag and similar ones in American Indian English were discussed
> on the
> CHINOOK list in June of 1999.  At
> listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/chinook.html, you can search for
> "enit" to
> view related postings.

well, yes, but these postings seem to be consistent with the idea
that this "enit" is just "ain't it".  matthew gordon's examples show
that this isn't so; "enit" in this variety (or at least for some
speakers) is clearly some kind of fixed tag.

arnold

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