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Day: July 17, 2011

Things we like about N.C.: Ad hoc pluralization

“I’ve never heard anybody in the North use the plural “Applebee’ses” that I heard once in North Carolina.”

— From “The Southernness of the South: An Interview with Roy Blount, Jr.” in American Heritage, May 15, 2007

Author Lew PowellPosted on July 17, 2011Categories Tar TalkTags american heritage, applebee's, applebee'ses, roy blount jr., southernnessLeave a comment on Things we like about N.C.: Ad hoc pluralization
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