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From: Mike Ayers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:59 AM
To: 'John Burger'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Phonology [was: interesting SIL-document]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of John Burger> I actually don't think anyone would really say "be-f***ing-hind" - it
Yes, they would. I can't say for sure whether or not I've heard this exact one before, but I can say that its valid Yankspeak.
/|/|ike
[Hohberger, Clive]Mike,Actually "be-f***king-hind" is a British grammatical construct, known as the "infix profane".Speaking as one knowledgable in American idioms,there is no-f***ing-way an American would have conceived of the f***ing infix construct...An American would have said something like:"I don't think anyone would actually say they are f***king behind it..."Clive ;-)}
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