As I recall, one of Spike Lee's films was entitled, "Mo' Better
Blues". Does that make it a Brooklynism?
ScottGee1
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:27:35, cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I, myself, prefer "more gooder." But, that's just me.
>
> Paul
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
>
> I think "more better" is a Southernism, and I approve, as it provides a shade
> of meaning not previously available in common English-speak. It goes like
> this here*: good, better, more better, best, bestest.
>
> Walt
>
> *Another Southernism, meaning "not like that there."
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> > p.s. "more better"?; and that in a message in which you appear to use
> > "prevaricate" for its proper meaning of "speaking duplicitously"
> > instead of meaning of "procrastinate" which so many of my fellow-
> > countrymen wander into. cb
> > ~~ >-)-
> > C M I Barker
> > Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
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