Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law

It was on Saturday Night Live years ago in a Will
Farrell prison routine in the late 90s, and at that
time I also heard it all the time in Mississippi. It's
probably from a rap song.

--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

> The first time I heard that pronunciation was in a
> film called _Be Cool_ (2005), in which Vince Vaughn
> went into a long misogynistic tirade ending with
> /biotsh/.
>
> It was so effective that I always thought its usage
> began with people who heard and admired his
> innovation.
>
> Patrick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian M. Scott<mailto:BMScott@...>
> To: Mate Kapoviæ<mailto:cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:00 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law
>
>
> At 9:02:24 AM on Saturday, January 19, 2008, Mate
> Kapoviæ
> wrote:
>
> > On Sub, sijeèanj 19, 2008 6:57 am, Rick
> McCallister wrote:
>
> >> In American English it's very much alive in the
> spoken
> >> language. I've heard the word as an insult all
> my
> >> life. It's up there with bitch, skank, skag and
> slut
> >> and dialect ho' and beotch.
>
> > By the way, what's up with this beotch? What is
> its
> > origin?
>
> So far as I know, <beotch> is just a
> quasi-phonetic spelling
> of a variant pronunciation of <bitch>.
>
> Brian
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