Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi
Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi
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Webster marks this form as obsolete in England and local in America. It certainly is very largely used in Mississippi, and probably throughout the South, by the lower classes of both colors.
Do (do). Negro for though and for door.
SPEECH IN MISSISSIPPI. 27 Does (d-Gz). Used by negroes for do; as, "I does; they does." Done (dtni). This, word is very often interposed between the auxiliary have and the past participle, to give additional com- pleteness to the sense ; as, " I have done lost," which... seems to mean more than " I have lost." This distinction is not always observed ; done lost is very frequently used when we should expect simple lost, and vice versa. Bartlett says that this use of done is a very common vulgarism throughout the South.
Do odds and eens (dii odz aen inz). Illiterate whites use this ex- pression for doing small jobs about the house ; for instance, old women sometimes say : " I've been a dom' odds and eens all mornin'." Educated people sometimes use the phrase with the same meaning, but give it the correct pronunciation.
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Webster marks this form as obsolete in England and local in America. It certainly is very largely used in Mississippi, and probably throughout the South, by the lower classes of both colors.
Do (do). Negro for though and for door.
SPEECH IN MISSISSIPPI. 27 Does (d-Gz). Used by negroes for do; as, "I does; they does." Done (dtni). This, word is very often interposed between the auxiliary have and the past participle, to give additional com- pleteness to the sense ; as, " I have done lost," which... seems to mean more than " I have lost." This distinction is not always observed ; done lost is very frequently used when we should expect simple lost, and vice versa. Bartlett says that this use of done is a very common vulgarism throughout the South.
Do odds and eens (dii odz aen inz). Illiterate whites use this ex- pression for doing small jobs about the house ; for instance, old women sometimes say : " I've been a dom' odds and eens all mornin'." Educated people sometimes use the phrase with the same meaning, but give it the correct pronunciation.
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