FW: Commendatory cursing; "we-all's"

Sat Apr 14 19:38:22 UTC 2007

>From: Wilson Gray
>Sent: Fri 4/13/2007 7:04 AM
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: FW: Commendatory cursing; "we-all's"
>
>Unfortunately, this phenomenon is entirely unknown in BE. Hence, I
>cannot comment.

Unknown?  I beg to differ . . . 

"He's a bad mother . . ." 
"Hush yo mouth!"
"I'm just talking 'bout Shaft"

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