Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN

[Darla Wells]

I hear it a lot here in Louisiana, but usually it is "bin doin' "----"I bin
doin' that," or "I ain't bin doin' that," even more often.
Darla

2011/5/27 Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Heard on Springer: caucasian BIN
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Jerry:
>
> "She [his girlfriend's mother] doesn't like you."
>
> Twenty-ish, white, male speaker:
>
> "I know this! I BIN know this!"
>
> Girlfriend's mother:
>
> "You ought to look for a job!"
>
> Boyfriend:
>
> "I BIN look for a job!"
>
>
> The boyfried didn't strike me as a whigger, judging by his other
> speech. I've heard BIN used by white speakers on other Springers. The
> third time being the charm, I decided to post this example. Also, in
> the other two cases, the speakers didn't appear to be whiggers,
> either. But all three may have modified their speech for their
> close-ups.
>
> Youneverknow.
>
> --
> -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
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



--
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible
warning. -Catherine Aird

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org