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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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What's the meaning of "there" in the following dilogue?
“He was so taken up with it that he did not see the little boy reaching out to touch him. The instant the child touched him, the country boy's shoulders leapt. He snatched his touched hand up and jammed it in his pocket. "Leave off!" he said in a high voice. "Git away and quit bothering me!"
"Mind how you talk to one of them there, you boy!" the woman hissed. He looked at her as if it were the first time she had spoken to him. "Them there what?" he murmured. "That there kind, " she said, looking at him fiercely as if he had profaned the holy.”
Thanks,
What's the meaning of "there" in the following dilogue?
“He was so taken up with it that he did not see the little boy reaching out to touch him. The instant the child touched him, the country boy's shoulders leapt. He snatched his touched hand up and jammed it in his pocket. "Leave off!" he said in a high voice. "Git away and quit bothering me!"
"Mind how you talk to one of them there, you boy!" the woman hissed. He looked at her as if it were the first time she had spoken to him. "Them there what?" he murmured. "That there kind, " she said, looking at him fiercely as if he had profaned the holy.”
Thanks,
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This dialog is written in a sort of dialect. The speakers are uneducated, I'm guessing from the American south. They often insert 'there' where it shouldn't be.
- This dialog is written in a sort of dialect.
- The speakers are uneducated, I'm guessing from the American south.
- They often insert 'there' where it shouldn't be.
- Note how they say 'Git' instead of 'Get'.
- It shows their accent and way of talking.
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This dialog is written in a sort of dialect. The speakers are uneducated, I'm guessing from the American south. They often insert 'there' where it shouldn't be.
Note how they say 'Git' instead of 'Get'. It shows their accent and way of talking.
Note how they say 'Git' instead of 'Get'. It shows their accent and way of talking.
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