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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2010Hiaasen: tar
Hello: What does "tar" mean here? "Wheel/tire?" ---- [Tool is doing some undercover work from a minivan. A woman passes by, with two dogs.] The woman must not have spotted him inside th minivan, for she nonchalantly allowed her critters to pee all over the right front tire. [He threatens her:] "I'm the sumbitch gonna butt-f**k those puppies, you don't clean the piss off my tar." Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 112 ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 112 > ---- Dialect pronunciation of "tire".  SignatureSkitt (AmE) > > What does "tar" mean here? > > "Wheel/tire?" [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Dialect pronunciation of "tire". Thanks. Marius Hancu > Hello: > > What does "tar" mean here? typo for car? >> Hello: >> >> What does "tar" mean here? > > typo for car? It's how tire is pronounced in the deep South. >Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Carl Hiaasen, Skinny Dip, p. 112 >---- Southern dialect for "tire". Hiaasen was born in south Florida, went to the University of Florida, and has worked for Florida newspapers. Most (all?) of his books are set in Florida. The Southern dialect is not the dialect of Florida, but many Florida residents have a Southern dialect. Any of us who live in Florida are likely to hear someone speak with a Southern dialect any day of the week. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>Hello: >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > likely to hear someone speak with a Southern dialect any day of the > week. Northern Florida and the Panhandle is the South. further down the penninsula Northern refugees have changed things. > >>Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > - Show quoted text - To the point I've heard it referred to as "the South Bronx." |
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