"jawn" and other Philly slang

[Ben Zimmer]

A reporter from the Philadelphia branch of The A.V. Club interviewed
me about "jawn" and various other Philly-isms. I did my best on
unfamiliar terrain:

http://www.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/the-etymology-of-jawn,55508/

The ADS-L discussion I mention is this, from back in 2000:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0011A&L=ADS-L&P=R3518

--bgz

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