I'll be happy to explain it to you, if you'll explain "DRE-HA" (seen in Missouri today) to me. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Vocatives Date: 2/3/05 7:23:49 P.M. Central Standard Time From: _ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: Oregon car license plate seen today EEBYGUM For those who have never been to Yorkshire, it's pronounced, "Ee by gum." I bet it's one of Mirembe's vocative particles. Maybe several? David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html