Date:    Tue, 12 May 1998 13:03:50 -0400
<br>From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: Hearn
<br>
<br>The 'hearn' participle is still hearn among some older rural southern Ohio
<br>people; in fact, I just heard it a few days ago (this is South Midland
<br>country, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains).  But it's
<br>definitely not heard in the Dakotas and Minnesota--in summer or winter.  I
<br>hope your dialect dictionary wasn't serious about the climate factor?!
<br>
<br>
<br>At 12:33 PM 5/12/98 +0200, you wrote:
<br>>Any comments on _hearn_ past participle of "hear", as in (presumably
<br>>rural or old-fashioned) "I ain't hearn tell of that".
<br>>
<br>>Does this have mainly southern or south Midland distribution? I've got
<br>>examples from 2 African American sources (Georgia, and Virginia) and I
<br>>remember reading in a dialect dictionary that this form apparently
<br>>hasn't survived the harsh winters in North and South Dakota.
<br>>
<br>>Thanks,
<br>>
<br>>
<br>>David Sutcliffe
<br>>
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