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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Why he said 'yer,' not 'yeh'?
“I don’t like cats, they make me sneeze. I’ll get yer an owl. All the kids want owls, they’re dead useful, carry yer mail an’ eveythin’.”
There are two ‘yer’s. I guess the first one yer needs to be ‘you.’ But the second one can get ‘you’ or ‘your.’ Then, why Hagrid’s saying ‘yer’ instead of ‘yeh’?
There are two ‘yer’s. I guess the first one yer needs to be ‘you.’ But the second one can get ‘you’ or ‘your.’ Then, why Hagrid’s saying ‘yer’ instead of ‘yeh’?
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It is just a transcription of his dialect.
- It is just a transcription of his dialect.
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Hi,
#1 you
#2 your <<<
The writer is trying to give the reader an idea of Hagrid's accent, ie how Hagrid pronounces the words.
It's not a good idea of for students of English to do t
#1 you
#2 your <<<
The writer is trying to give the reader an idea of Hagrid's accent, ie how Hagrid pronounces the words.
It's not a good idea of for students of English to do t
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eipjoowhy is Hagrid saying ‘yer’ instead of ‘yeh’?Not instead of 'yeh', but instead of 'you' (the first case) or 'your' (the second case).
CJ
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