[Gllug] plurals
Tethys
tet at accucard.com
Fri Jun 20 07:29:39 UTC 2003
"Daniel Ahrens" writes:
>Uuuuh... ooohhh.. I don't think it is that simple. If you listen to East
>Enders (East End of London) speak (not the ones on the telly, the real ones)
>they regularly employ:
>
>We was...
>
>I were...
Nope. Having lived there for many years, they say "we was" and
"I was", "he was" and "they was". "I were" is a more northern
speech pattern. Try saying it with a Yorkshire accent to see
what I mean:
I were going t' pub wi' mi whippet
Tet :-)
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