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Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart

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On 2015-12-25 06:43:59 +0000, Ross said:

> On Friday, December 25, 2015 at 8:53:30 AM UTC+13, Jack Campin wrote:
>> Is there any dialect of English where "give" has "gev" as a past
>> tense form?
>> 
>> I don't think I've heard "special" as "spessshhhul" anywhere else
>> either.
>> 
> 
> Is there a dialect of English in which "special" does not have a "sh"
> in it?

Maybe not, but I've heard individual (native) speakers who say ['spesjəl].
> 
> Or are you just saying you don't like (whoever's) singing style?


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athel

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Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> - 2015-12-24 19:53 +0000
  Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Harrison Hill <harrisonhill2345@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 12:54 -0800
  Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2015-12-25 11:36 +1100
    Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2015-12-24 22:29 -0700
      Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 06:41 -0800
        Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2015-12-25 16:50 -0800
          Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-25 19:03 -0800
        Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2016-01-04 10:51 +0000
          Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:24 -0800
  Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart wollman@bimajority.org (Garrett Wollman) - 2015-12-25 05:56 +0000
  Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Ross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> - 2015-12-24 22:43 -0800
    Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Jack Campin <bogus@purr.demon.co.uk> - 2015-12-25 11:38 +0000
    Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2015-12-25 14:16 +0000
      Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2015-12-28 10:30 +0100
    Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2015-12-28 10:19 +0100
  Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2015-12-25 14:02 +0000

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