Date:  Mon, 3 Nov 1997 16:54:51 +0200
From:  Jan Strunk <Strunk[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject: Re: "it's all good"

Dear listmembers,

I don't know whether it is very likely, but the expression "it's all good"
sounds a little bit like the German "Es ist schon gut" meaning
"it's OK", "you don't have to be sorry" and "don't mention it" to me.
"schon" means "already". I don't know whether it's possible to use
"all" instead of "already" in English. What I do know is that "all"
is used in Low Saxon to say "already".
I hope this is useful.

Jan Strunk
strunk[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]t-online.de

Jeutonne P. Brewer wrote:
> The phrase can, of course, come from any one of a number of
> sources. Everything doesn't originate from AAVE--or from any
> other single source. As someone state, these are just tracks
> or guesses about where to look.