Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!ut-sally!jsq From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Britanglish Message-ID: <3055@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Aug-84 19:42:57 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.3055 Posted: Sun Aug 12 19:42:57 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 05:03:59 EDT References: scc.264 <472@syteka.UUCP> Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 25 On the subject of origins of American English dialects, I recommend three books by J.L. Dillard, all published by Vintage Books in softcover and Random House in hardcover: Black English, Its History and Usage in the United States, 1972. All-American English, A History of the English Language in America, 1975. American Talk, Where Our Words Came From, 1976. I have no idea what the man's academic standing is, but he has some interesting things to say on the effects of pidgin, Dutch, and other languages on English, not to mention some criticisms of geographical linguistics, and a believable account of why English is a world language. ``A children's play song from Surinam, on the coast of South America, goes Mama Nanni go to town Buy a little pony. Stick a feather in a ring, Calling Masra Ranni. Ink, pink, rotten beaf, Toss!'' -- John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 USA jsq@ut-sally.ARPA, jsq@ut-sally.UUCP, {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!jsq