[Ads-l] New to me
Amy West
medievalist at W-STS.COM
Fri Dec 2 14:22:32 UTC 2022
On 12/2/22 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 03:36:58 -0500
> From: Wilson Gray<hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: New to me
>
> 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!
Thank you! :-) And I've definitely BIN oblivious, but evidently I've
learned something! :-)
---Amy West
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