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25 February
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I have noticed that in country music they use "them" in a quite different way. For example:
"Backing in boats, fishing land lines
Running bird docks through *them* Georgia pines"
"She's poppin' right out of the South Georgia water
Thought, "Oh, good Lord, she had *them* long tanned legs"
Is this just idiomatic or a common mistake?
I have noticed that in country music they use "them" in a quite different way. For example:
"Backing in boats, fishing land lines
Running bird docks through *them* Georgia pines"
"She's poppin' right out of the South Georgia water
Thought, "Oh, good Lord, she had *them* long tanned legs"
Is this just idiomatic or a common mistake?
"Backing in boats, fishing land lines
Running bird docks through *them* Georgia pines"
"She's poppin' right out of the South Georgia water
Thought, "Oh, good Lord, she had *them* long tanned legs"
Is this just idiomatic or a common mistake?
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- English (US)
country music is considered southern and its part of the dialect to use them in that way
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- English (US)
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- English (US)
It's the southern style of speaking. They use a lot of words such as 'ain't' and 'don't' ( don't instead of doesn't.) Them usually means 'the' when using that speaking style.
- Portuguese (Brazil)
@Bakuhan I mean, you as a native, what's the meaning "them" convey in that context?
- Portuguese (Brazil)
@fluent_goals oooh okay, that makes sense now. Thank you!
- English (US)
@Brazylijski_ usually it just means 'the'
"Backing in boats, fishing land lines
Running bird docks through the Georgia pines"
"She's poppin' right out of the South Georgia water
Thought, "Oh, good Lord, she had (those) long tanned legs"
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