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am The word or syllable _am_ is affixed seemingly only as an expletive, perhaps for the purpose of emphasis. My conjecture is that it is a corruption of the word _same_. Thus "_thisam_" and "_thesame_" were probably originally "this same" and "these same." PRI...
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| Language: | English |
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1959
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/3681 |
| Summary: | am The word or syllable _am_ is affixed seemingly only as an expletive, perhaps for the purpose of emphasis. My conjecture is that it is a corruption of the word _same_. Thus "_thisam_" and "_thesame_" were probably originally "this same" and "these same." PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story June 1959 Not used Not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 11 Jul 2014 |
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