[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: spring sprang sprung was anti virus

[Dan Augustine]

>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:05:17 -0500
>From: Stephen Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] spring sprang sprung was anti virus
>
>Charlie Hooks, the grammerian said Pat Cooke sprang, not sprung.
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>List mates;
>
>Spring has sprung the grass is riz.
>I wonder where the birdies iz?
>Or has it sprang again to wit.
>Do any of us give a ---- ?
>
>Cheers,  ;-) VBG
>Steve Barbone
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    The word 'spring' in Texas is pronounced 'sprang', just lak 'thing' is pronounced 'thang' (e.g., "Whahy, yu sweet yung thang!").  The word 'sprung' is actually both a past participle AND a past tense of 'spring' (e.g., "Ah bought the rang and sprung it on 'er.").  Both usages are extensively documented in Beausolil's pioneering work, _The Provence and Usage of the Past Indeterminate Tense in the Rural Southwest, 1879-1911: An Annotated Guide_ (Scheisskopf and Hartel, 1912; illustrated; recorded by Lomax from Ol' Blind Jesperson, 1924, and subsequently arranged and performed by the Waco Original Rhythm Kings on _WORK Songs_, Folkways S-98.6).

    Dan
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