LL-L "Words" 2008.03.28 (05) [E]

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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: LL-L "Words" 2008.03.27 (04) [E]

> From: Karl-Heinz Lorenz <Karl-Heinz.Lorenz at gmx.net>
> Subject: LL-L "Words" 2008.03.27 (02) [E]
>
> To start it, what about:
>
> LS meist = E almost; usually <> German meist = E most(ly)
>
> But I'm afraid that the (High-)German meaning is also used in LS.

Although there are English dialects with "most" for "almost", eg in the
traditional blues song "Key to the Highway":

I'm going down on the border
Where I'm better known,
Gonna leave here running, cause
Walking is most too slow.

Unless this means "mostly", but I think I've seen this use of "most" for
"almost" in other places.

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/

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

Sandy, you mentioned above:

Although there are English dialects with "most" for "almost"

Quite so, daddy-o. In American English it is quite common to say "most
everyone" or "most everything" instead of "almost everyone" or "almost
everything" respectively.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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