Example 12-238

He tell me say he been in - uh - what you call when you go Miami - uh - what you call that?
He
3sg.m.sbj
tell
tell[pfv]
me
1sg.obj
say
comp
he
3sg.m.sbj
been
cop.pst
in
prep
[...]
[...]
what
what
you
2sg.sbj
call
call
when
when
you
2sg.sbj
go
go
Miami
Miami
[...]?
[...]?
He told me he had been in - uh - what do you call when people used to go to Miami - uh - what do you call that [...]?
Comment:
This refers to the so-called "Contract", a mass exodus of – mostly – men from the Bahamas to find agricultural work in the U.S. during and immediately after World War II.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews