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
>