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Mr. Alex 08-30-2010 09:25 AM
Alan Jackson - Gone Country lyrics, don't get the word
 
Quote:
She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes
I don't get this phrase - "look at them boots". Makes no sence to me. Can you guys please explain me?

Look at them booting?
Or maybe "look at their boots"?

David the H. 08-30-2010 09:31 AM
It's a fairly common form used in some kinds of slang, particularly in rural areas. Them is used as a substitute for those. "Look at those boots."

gnashley 08-30-2010 10:02 AM
m r ducks
m r not
osar, c m wangs
lib m r ducks

Here, those(them) is replaced by 'm'
Translation:
Those are ducks.
They are not.
Oh yes they are -see those wings?
Well, I'll be, those are ducks

Mr. Alex 08-30-2010 10:09 AM
gnashley, what dialect is this?

win32sux 08-30-2010 10:26 AM
As David the H. said, it's just a common way of speaking in rural areas.

salasi 08-30-2010 01:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Alex (Post 4082387)
Makes no sence to me. Can you guys please explain me?
Can I suggest to you that using the lyrics to Country Music songs to hone your English is like using the historical practices of Microsoft to learn high quality software engineering? Dangerously on topic for Linux Questions (I hope that's allowed in General), I suppose, but there is some, errr, eccentric and idiomatic usage on display.

MrCode 08-31-2010 03:22 AM
Quote:
Dangerously on topic for Linux Questions (I hope that's allowed in General)
From the /General topic title:

Quote:
This forum is for non-technical general discussion which can include both Linux and non-Linux topics. Have fun!
So I guess you could say you're "having fun"... :D

Mr. Alex 08-31-2010 03:47 AM
"General" is for:
non-technical general discussion which can include both Linux and non-Linux topics. Have fun!

So I find no problem here.

David the H. 08-31-2010 07:46 AM
Another common variation is to further reduce them to dem, as in this famous old spiritual:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYb8Wm6-QfA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem_Bones


And if you haven't yet figured out the secret to gnashley's post #3, it's simply a bit of classic humor based on common rural speech patterns. Try pronouncing each letter separately.

win32sux 08-31-2010 08:09 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by David the H. (Post 4083474)
Another common variation is to further reduce them to dem
And also to 'em.

Mr. Alex 08-31-2010 08:28 AM
" 'em " is widely-spread in the US, isn't it?

win32sux 08-31-2010 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Alex (Post 4083520)
" 'em " is widely-spread in the US, isn't it?
In some cities more than others, but yeah.

gnashley 08-31-2010 02:30 PM
Get 'em while ther hot! I would say that 'dem' comes from old-South African American dialect: dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones, dem dry, dry bones
Here, wikipedia agrees:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dem_Bones

As to where my earlier example came from: it's Wes Texis

rokytnji 08-31-2010 02:54 PM
Quote:
As to where my earlier example came from: it's Wes Texis
shur enuf aint. :D

brianL 09-01-2010 05:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rokytnji (Post 4083922)
shur enuf aint. :D
Un thats nor ow wid say it in Owdam. It ud be:
Nay, lad, thas wrong theer.
:D


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