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| From | Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Last Christmas I Gev You My Heart |
| Date | 2016-01-04 10:51 +0000 |
| Organization | $CABAL |
| Message-ID | <qdvplcxksv.ln2@news.ducksburg.com> (permalink) |
| References | <bogus-428DB7.19532724122015@four.schnuerpel.eu> <n5i2tg$9ip$2@dont-email.me> <n5ikbp0q39@news6.newsguy.com> <6c461865-8d50-4fc4-8cf0-78fb4fe59fc1@googlegroups.com> |
On 2015-12-25, Peter T. Daniels wrote: > On Friday, December 25, 2015 at 12:30:14 AM UTC-5, RH Draney wrote: >> On 12/24/2015 5:36 PM, Peter Moylan wrote: >> > On 2015-Dec-25 06:53, Jack Campin wrote: >> >> Is there any dialect of English where "give" has "gev" as a past >> >> tense form? >> > >> > Where I grew up, the past tense of "give" is "give", as in "He give it >> > to me yestady". >> >> In Ebonics, the past tense of "give" is "done give"....r > > ? What's "Ebonics"? One of the stupidest well-intended names in C.20 education? -- But the government always tries to coax well-known writers into the Establishment; it makes them feel educated. --- Robert Graves
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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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