Date:  Thu, 30 Oct 1997 08:31:34 -0500
From:  Gregory {Greg} Downing <downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IS2.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Appalacian languages

At 12:42 AM 10/30/97 -0600, you wrote:
>>I am currently in an Appalachian Literature course at my university. We
>>have read a lot of works lately where instead of saying "it", the person
>>says "hit". I was just wondering if this was still used today and also
>
>>
>>Lisa Dawn Burriss
>

It's also quite common in Faulkner's novels, which reflect North Mississippi
dialect in the first 1/2 of the century now hurtling to a close....

Greg Downing/NYU, at greg.downing[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nyu.edu or downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]is2.nyu.edu