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Phil C. - 21 May 2005 15:20 GMT

I came across a feature of local dialect the other day (S. Lincs) -
the stressing of "it" as if it were a demonstrative pronoun e.g. "I
haven't done _it_." It was being used by people with very rural
backgrounds. Anybody else come across _it_?

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Erick Andrews - 21 May 2005 21:39 GMT

> I came across a feature of local dialect the other day (S. Lincs) -
> the stressing of "it" as if it were a demonstrative pronoun e.g. "I
> haven't done _it_." It was being used by people with very rural
> backgrounds. Anybody else come across _it_?

That sounds blissful.

There was some silly flick on TV many years ago in the U.S., late
1970s maybe. Perhaps it was a parody on corporate brainwashing.

The movie was something about a 12-step program where the (stage)
audience were being instructed in behavior modification. When the
particular scene was over, many of the participants talked in
subsequent scenes about getting _it_, a reference to this 'program'
they had attended.

I don't think _it_ was in a sexual context, which is probably why I only
vaguely recall it. I remember joking with colleagues about getting _it_
for some time after (which, if they hadn't seen the movie, quickly
debased our conversations toward sexual turpitude).

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Stressed "it".