Heard on The Judges: "give ... back"

[Wilson Gray]

Judge David Young, a native of *Yoami, FL, who speaks Yiddish or, at
least, uses Yiddish as much as the judges of Cuban ancestry use
Spanish, i.e. from time to time:

"Why didn't you _give it to him back_?"

Defendant:

"Sir, I didn't _give it to him back_ because ..."

Pace Ron, IMO, the defendant, who clearly, by dialect, was not from
Noo Yawk, *Yoami, or any other relevant location, echoed that locution
under the influence of the gravitas of the judge and his authority.

-Wilson

*Back in the day, it was said that the colored were not permitted to
use "Miami," i.e. "My Ami," when addressing white people, only
"Yoami," i.e. "Yo' Ami."
--
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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 -Sam'l Clemens

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