Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 07:37:04 -0500

From: Robert Ness ness[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DICKINSON.EDU

Subject: Re: Appalacian languages



Hit is the Old English 3rd person nominative and accusative

singular pronoun. The /h/ was lost in some areas as early as the 12c,

and /it/ was regular by 1500. Hit did survive in dialects much longer,

as your examples show. On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, LISA DAWN BURRISS wrote:



I am currently in an Appalachian Literature course at my university. We

have read a lot of works lately where instead of saying "it", the person

says "hit". I was just wondering if this was still used today and also

where did it originate?



Lisa Dawn Burriss

ldburr01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]morehead-st.edu

(606)796-3557