LL-L "Morphology" 2004.08.22 (05) [E]

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From: GoodbyColumbus at aol.com <GoodbyColumbus at aol.com>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2004.08.22 (04) [E]

In a message dated 8/22/04 2:03:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
lowlands-l at lowlands-l.net writes:


  I believe that this sort of thing is, at least originally, a feature of
many
  southeastern dialects of American English, not specific to African
American
  varieties.  Is this correct?

  Part of this would be using "Ms." (fomerly "Mrs." and "Miss") and "Mr."
with
  first names.


I'd be inclined to agree. The way we use it, around here at least, involves
a certain degree of familiarity with the person in question. The woman who
runs the restaurant up the hill from my house is "Mrs. (pron. 'miss')
Anita", but the miserly old woman from the other end of the hollow is Mrs.
(again, 'miss') Batson. I think the same goes for addressing men. Can't tell
ye why, just works that way I reckon.

Brad [E. Conatser]

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Morphology

Thanks, Brad.

This reminds me of my favorite Inspector Poirot movie stories with two
elderly sisters and a dog, where the dog (a fox terrier, my favorite, by the
way) is accused of murder, his name being "Mr. Bob" ...

Wow!
Reinhard/Ron

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