Re: Fr/lat/ru tu-vous/tu-vos/ - : etymology ?

On Oct 8, 3:35 pm, "Brian M. Scott" <b.sc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:00:29 -0700, "Peter T. Daniels"
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On Oct 7, 3:49 pm, "Brian M. Scott" <b.sc...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:18:42 -0700, "Peter T. Daniels"
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You're mad, sir. "Was" and "Oz" are a perfect rhyme.
(Whatever symbol you choose to use to represent the
vowel.)
They aren't. It isn't the Wizard of Uz. It *is* 'we wuz
robbed'.
Maybe in rural outskirts of Cleveland.

I rather doubt that Joe Jacobs grew up in the rural
outskirts of Cleveland.

Brian

Have to support Brian here. It's "wuz" for me. I thought "woz" was
strictly English.
BTW it's also "becuz". So "becuz, becuz, becuz, becuz, becuz/becuz of
the wonderful things he duz", rhymes just fine, but neither rhymes
with "Oz".

Ross Clark
(from Vancouver, deep in the rural outskirts of Cleveland)

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