an AAVE final CC reduction by Sen. Obama?

[Wilson Gray]

It's hard to say. IMO, it's definitely a tip of the slung, but it
could very well have been motivated by an underlying BE form. It's
happened to me. Indeed, it can even occur in writing, let alone in
speech. There are forms that you're so accustomed to using that it
never occurs to you that they're not universal, until members of The
Other Group start looking confused, as was the case in my "fuck over"
anecdote.

-Wilson

On 10/13/07, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> In the last hour Sen. Barack Obama was being interviewed on NPR News. I
> wasn't listening closely, but I'm pretty sure I heard him say "defend U.S.
> /'IntrIsIz/ and citizens" (2nd & 3rd vowels as barred I). It struck me
> because it seemed quite out of place in his speech.
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