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English in UK
Stressed "it".
I came across a feature of local dialect the other day (S. Lincs) - the stressing of "it" as if it were a demonstrative pronoun e.g. "I haven't done it ." It was being used by people with very rural backgrounds. Anybody else come across it ?
Phil C.
Phil C.
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[nq:1]I came across a feature of local dialect the other day (S. Lincs) - the stressing of "it" as if ... " It was being used by people with very rural backgrounds.
- [nq:1]I came across a feature of local dialect the other day (S.
- Lincs) - the stressing of "it" as if ...
- " It was being used by people with very rural backgrounds.
- [/nq] That sounds blissful.
- , late 1970s maybe.
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[nq:1]I came across a feature of local dialect the other day (S. Lincs) - the stressing of "it" as if ... it ." It was being used by people with very rural backgrounds. Anybody else come across it ?[/nq]
That sounds blissful.
There was some silly flick on TV many years ago in the U.S., late 1970s maybe. Perhaps it was a parody on corporate brainwashing.
The movie was something abo
That sounds blissful.
There was some silly flick on TV many years ago in the U.S., late 1970s maybe. Perhaps it was a parody on corporate brainwashing.
The movie was something abo
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