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Subject: [Melungeon] Re: Melungeon-D Digest V01 #95
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:21:23 EST
Judy, I'm with you and think those words came with my Grandma Veach from Il
and points east. "Ain't" came from England and the version with the H in
front came with the English who did that sort of thing. Don't know about
"nary" and "airy" but my husband with his Boston-type roots sure was agin'
them.
Roberta Hart Dutton
In a message dated 1/31/01 9:06:43 PM,
writes:
>I just want to ask one question, is it proper etiquette to substitute
>haint
>> got none fer I ain't got none and probably ain't gonna get none, as in
>> I haint got nary a dime an I probably haint gonna get airy a one neither.
>> Judy
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