Song-title in Cuban Spanish

[Larry Sheldon]

On 3/25/2012 6:39 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> There are sentences in BE like
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> "I'm just sitting here, eating _me_ some potato chips"
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> and
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> "I'm just sitting here, eating on _me_ a hamburger"
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> but there's no restriction to verbs of esculence.

I hate to say "American English" because there are too many candidates.
but I have been lots of places where things like "WhhhEEEE, it= is hot
and dusty out HERE!  I'm gonna go get me a beer."  Or a shower.


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