Date:  Thu, 28 Jul 1994 15:56:32 -0500

From:  Khalil Walker <walkeba[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.AUBURN.EDU>

Subject: Re: Forrest Gump



I haven't read the book, but I can tell you with some degree of

certainty, as an Alabama native, that invarient "be" is not a common

feature in the speach of white Alabamians (at least not in the

east-central part of the state, where I'm from).



On Thu, 28 Jul 1994, Timothy C. Frazer wrote:



> I haven't seen the film yet, but you might want to look at the novel,

> which I just finished. Forrest uses invariant "be" quite frequently.

> I didn't think this a common feature of white Alabamans of my generation

> (I am not an Alabaman, but I grew up when Forrest did), though I should

> chexck Crawford Feagin's book before I shoot off my electyroinic mouth again.

>

> Tim Frazer

>