It's still possible to hear people who say "th'art" for "you are" in South and West Yorkshire. Eric Crouch
On 13 Jan 2006, at 18:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/13/06 10:11:15 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> I keep hearing that bit about people who still speak "Elizabethan >> English" >> in North Carolina, or remote mountains of Appalachia, or >> somewhere. . .- But >> there's never a source for the assertion (how would they know?) >> >> > > One of those to make this claim was Cecil J. Sharp in his "English > Folk-Songs > from the Southern Appalachians." Sharp gathered his material > between 1916 and > 1918, before the area was influenced by new accents introduced by > the radio. > Sharp may have been influenced by the fact that many inhabitants of > the area > still used the familiar tense in everyday conversation -- "thou > art," etc. > > Peter Danner > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
