Date:  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 14:22:41 EST

From:  Mark Ingram <MAINGR01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UKCC.UKY.EDU>

Subject: Re: "All-purpose tag ain' so?



>My father (Madisonville KY) used to say idn'it, but then he said bidness

>instead of business too--some sort of z-->d rule, I guess--when he wasn't

>and has the same feature in his speech.

>Thanks for the comments.



I was the hospital librarian in Madisonville for 9 years. I say idn't as

well, but restrict it's use to mean isn't it. I believe that idn'it can

be heard pretty much anywhere in Ky. I learned it in Louisville in the

50s.



Mark Ingram

University of Ky

Medical Library-Reference

Lexington, Ky

maingr01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ukcc.uky.edu