That Don't Make Me No Never Mind
Abstract
American dialectal speech contains the expressions That don't make me no never mind and I don't pay that no never mind. The expressions occur in Ozark speech (which first drew my attention to them), but comments from my colleagues and students indicate that they are used too in Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, and West Virginia. They are thus found in the Ozarks, the deep South, the Appalachians, and possibly elsewhere. The expressions have also been used occasionally in movies and television programs, thereby reaching a national audience.
Recommended Citation
Cohen, G. L. (1982). That Don't Make Me No Never Mind. American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage, 57(1), pp. 76-79. Duke University Press.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2307/455183
Department(s)
Arts, Languages, and Philosophy
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0003-1283
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1982 Duke University Press, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Apr 1982
