[Ads-l] New to me

[Wilson Gray]

Unfortunately, I was insufficiently clear, myself. What you meant was
entirely clear, as originally stated. However, it gave me a chuckle because
your turn of phrase conforms so closely to, very much coincides with, the
corresponding "standard" Black English structure, needing only to have
_been_ receive the proper stress/intonation.

You ain't often see nothing spontaneous like that. You've done kicked ass!


On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 9:44 AM Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 11/29/22 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> > Date:    Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:04:39 -0500
> > From:    Wilson Gray<hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: New to me
> >
> >> it's probably been productive
> > Amy, are you saying that "it's probably BIN productive"? That is, it's
> been
> > productive a WHILE. If not, then what does "it's probably been
> productive"
> > mean?
> > "
>
> I mean that speakers have likely been using it to form new compounds for
> a period of time and I have been unaware of these new compounds for a
> variety of reasons.
>
> It means, in short, that I have likely been oblivious for a period of
> time, which isn't a surprise and is unlikely to change.
>
> Does that help clarify? :-)
>
> ---Amy West
>
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