"I gonna carry you, but I ain' gonna tote you."

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1 total messages Started by Mark Israel Sat, 04 Oct 1997 00:00

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Author: Mark Israel
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 00:00

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   In the latest edition of my alt.usage.english FAQ, I have:

# Ebonics shares with U.S. Southern English "carry" in the sense "to 
# escort"; the sentence "I'm going to take you, but I'm not going to 
# carry you" would in Ebonics be "I gonna carry you, but I ain' 
# gonna tote you."

   I added this from memory, and now I can't find my source.  Can
anyone tell me whether my Ebonics is correct, or better yet, tell me
where I may have read this?

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misrael@scripps.edu			Mark Israel

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