nekkid

[Charles C Doyle]

Wilson, [nEkId] is, of course, my normal pronunciation of "naked" too, so I find "eye dialect" an appropriate disignation of the spelling "nekkid"--like the spelling "nigra."  But I suppose the point is that each of those pronunciations, with the corresponding spelling, has become separately lexified, functioning as a way to derogate various Southern dialects (and their speakers).

--Charlie

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On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:07 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> illustrative of either BEV or army vernacular

In what sense is _nekkid_ "illustrative" of anything, WRT either BE or
Army "vernacular," whatever that may mean? Do you intend a reference
to eye-dialect? Nothing else makes the least sense, unless I'm as
preternaturally stupid as we colored are reputed to be.

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-Wilson

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