LL-L: "Little words" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 03.OCT.1999 (03)

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From: PBarr21106 at aol.com
Subject: LL-L: "Little words" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 03.OCT.1999 (02)

In a message dated 10/3/99 5:13:09 PM, John Feather wrote:

<<Still on the subject of time-duration there is an interesting difference
between English and Scottish uses of the verb  "stay" meaning "live",
"dwell". An English person "stays" in a place temporarily. A Scottish person
can "stay"  permanently in a place.>>
African-American Vernacular English also uses <<stay>> in the sense of
<<dwell>>, as in <<He stay on Mulberry Street>> =  <<He lives on M. St.>>.
That may well be an example of English dialects as a source of AAVE usage.
PBarr21106 at aol.com    Pat Barrett

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From: "Ian James Parsley" <parsleyij at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L: "Little words" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 03.OCT.1999 (02)

John is quite right in his observation about the verb "stay" used in
Scotland/NI and England. Its Scots equivalent "bide"/"bied" covers boththe
English meaning "stay" and "reside", which is probably how the
Scottish-English "stay" has come to take on the meanings "reside" also.
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