Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 11:29:20 -0600

From: Greg Pulliam gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CHARLIE.IIT.EDU

Subject: Re: basketball terms



Another basketball usage that comes to me is the null-possessive, as in

"Duke ball," or "Chicago ball," when the standard is "Duke's ball" or

"Chicago's ball." I've heard this from basketball announcers who are

otherwise speakers of "standard", but I'd guess that they've picked it up

from the players. It seems to be a matter of s- deletion, which is common

in AAVE.



Any thoughts on this.



Greg