LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.08.23 (12) [E]

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From: Bill Wigham <redbilly2 at earthlink.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2004.08.22 (06) [E]

Sandy & al:
      They ain't too many New Englanders that get too Finnish about their
draggin' out the
a sound of vowels.  You go to Maine and and listen to the lobsta men talk
about wimmin,
Taxis and the gummint and y'r likely to hear most anything.  They drag out
theya vowels
fer emphasis...as if the other guy was deef.

       Most of what we have been reading here consists of a key word and
equivalents but there are also groups of words that are also important.  I
do not know if we are supposed to cover phrases but this example actually
happened  Son Fred escaped his posessive mother by going to Maine without
any money in his pocket.  The town of Garland had some work for him to do
and so he started earning before he got too hungry.  The boss of the gang
kept his distance from Fred until the lad proved himself.  The final test
came when the boss inquired, " Fred, are you a flatlander or "just from
away?"  Fred understood immediately and said, "I'm just from away".  He got
on with everybody just fine from that time on.    Flatlanders are what they
call people from Boston and Lowell,  they are also called "Sports" if they
come up just for hunting season.   It may have been the flatland vacationers
who prompted the fellow to put up a sign saying, "Welcome to Maine!   Now go
home!"

       Mainers also use a rising and falling intonation when they talk.
Something like the Swedes and Hessians do.
It seems to cue the listener in on what the deeper meaning of the sentence
might be.  Nothing like Chinese at all.

Cheers,
Bill Wigham
Westfield, MA

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