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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010Morrison: I hear tell
Hello: "I hear tell" is dialect/non-standard, right? --- "I hear tell everybody up North got big money." Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 267 --- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks. > Marius Hancu Typical Southern speech. >> Hello: >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Typical Southern speech. Universal standard English, I would say, a construction known throughout the history of the language.  SignatureJames > >> "I hear tell" is dialect/non-standard, right? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Universal standard English, I would say, a construction known throughout > the history of the language. Yeah, I was right in between:-) Thank you both. Marius Hancu > >> Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Universal standard English, I would say, a construction known throughout > the history of the language. I certainly know it, but mostly from books. If I've ever heard anyone say it, it was probably as an imitation of some American rural dialect. I wouldn't call it standard, at least in America. -- Jerry Friedman >> >> Hello: >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >say it, it was probably as an imitation of some American rural >dialect. I wouldn't call it standard, at least in America. I don't think it's standard in everyday speech. It is standard where the speech is affected to make a point: "I hear tell somebody here has a birthday today." In other words, a deliberate affectation. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > >> >> "I hear tell" is dialect/non-standard, right? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > the speech is affected to make a point: "I hear tell somebody here > has a birthday today." In other words, a deliberate affectation. I agree. BTW, this is a character speaking, which is generally AAVE in this novel. Narrator's voice is standard AmE. Thank you all. Marius Hancu > Hello: > > "I hear tell" > is dialect/non-standard, right? Yes, but not tremendously uncommon and it probably wouldn't be noticed. I might even say it myself, although I suspect that it would probably come out of my mouth as "I've heard tell that". > --- > "I hear tell everybody up North got big money." > > Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon, p. 267 SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |Yesterday I washed a single sock. 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |When I opened the door, the machine Palo Alto, CA 94304 |was empty. kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com (650)857-7572 http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ > Hello: > > "I hear tell" > is dialect/non-standard, right? Completely unremarkable to me. [BrE] I hear it, I use it and without irony or affectation. > > "I hear tell" > > is dialect/non-standard, right? > > Completely unremarkable to me. [BrE] > > I hear it, I use it and without irony or affectation. Good to have a BrE-related comment. Thanks. Marius Hancu > > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I hear it, I use it and without irony or affectation. So given that James Hogg said the same thing, is this another one like "reckon" that's standard in Britain but rustic in America? -- Jerry Friedman >>> Hello: >>> "I hear tell" [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > So given that James Hogg said the same thing, is this another one like > "reckon" that's standard in Britain but rustic in America? I reckon so. SignatureJames >>>> Hello: >>>> "I hear tell" [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >I reckon so. I figured you might say that. There's a whole lot of calculating going on. (I know - one syllable too many.) SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) |
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