I'm are

[Scot LaFaive]

>"The course is as follows"

I guess I meant "chorus."

Scot


>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: I'm are
>Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:05:28 -0400
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>I'm familiar with "I'm is," but neither "I are" nor "I'm are" sound
>familiar to me. However, as I've noted elsewhere, I've aged out of
>what's currently hip.
>
>-Wilson
>
>On 9/6/07, Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > Subject:      I'm are
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> > In a recent song by Timbaland ("The Way You Are"), there's an odd piece
>of
> > grammar. The course is as follows:
> >
> > "Baby if you strip, you can get a tip
> > 'Cause I like you just the way you are
> > I'm about to strip and I'm well equipped
> > Can you handle me the way I'm are?"
> >
> > Some websites say the last line is "Can you handle me the way I are?"
>but it
> > sounds to me like "I'm are" (and some websites agree). Aside from the
>usage
> > of "I" and "are" together, the really cool/crazy/bizarre thing here is
>the
> > use of a double "to be" verb.
> >
> > Question: is the chunk "I are" common at all in Black English or was it
>just
> > made up here solely for rhyming purposes?
> >
> > Scot
> >
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