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Re: Southern/Mountain Speak
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"Charles T. Hart" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:08:02 -0400
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> Having grown up in Northeast Tennessee, I would hate for the
> terms "y'uns",
> "us 'uns", "we 'uns" and "yorn" (as in..."how are you and yorn?")
> to be left
> by the wayside of this discussion.  Long live the nasal twang of Southern
> Appalachia!

And don't forget the obligatory suffix"tual" R of South Mississippi.  As in
Tomater  and Potater.

Its not incorrect, its a dialect.

CTH

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