Imma / Ima / I'mma / I'ma / I'm a

[Wilson Gray]

No matter how you figure
It's hard to be a nigger

-Wilson

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net> wrote:
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> I've written a Visual Thesaurus column and a blog post on "Imma", including
> links to a relevant LL post and work by Bill Labov (hat tip to Ben for
> finding those!):
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> http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/2256/
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> http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/thoughts-on-imma/
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> Neal
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-Wilson
–––
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.
–Mark Twain

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