Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Look at them boots

Hi there,
such a long time from my last post here, time to be back.
Do you happen to know the country song "Gone Country" by Alan Jackson?
Well, the chorus says:
"He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes"
Now, shouldn't it be "look at those boots" or maybe "look at his boots"? 
(I would not consider "look at their boots" as "their" doesn't match 
with "he's gone country" -- should have been "they've country" --)
What is that? Nashville slang? Or I am missing something?
I googled around but could not find any help on this.
Massimo.
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 Now, shouldn't it be "look at those boots"
Yes, usare "them" al posto di "those" è un tipico errore da linguaggio 
"basso".
http://www.answers.com/them?method=24
Laz 

Laz ha scritto:
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Basso o semplicemente informale e tipico del Sud degli Stati Uniti?
(la frase di cui al link è di Faulkner, nato e cresciuto nel Mississipi 
che guarda caso confina con il Tennessee dove, per l'appunto, si trova 
Nashville, che ne è la capitale)
Massimo
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 Basso o semplicemente informale e tipico del Sud degli Stati Uniti?
Direi più basso. Come "it don't", per dire. Forse un po' di più, non so. Il 
termine corretto credo sia "nonstandard". Non so se sia tipico dei stati del 
sud, ma forse è il posto in cui è più usato...
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=157805
 e anche 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
, come suggeriscono in 
quel thread.
Eppure a me sembra di averlo sentito anche in qualche telefilm britannico... 
vediamo... ecco! 
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-WELSHENGLISH.html
Infine penso che questo estratto su Google Books del Mirriam-Webster New 
Book of Word Histories levi ogni dubbio:
http://books.google.com/books?id=IrcZEZ1bOJsC&pg=PA462&lpg=PA462&dq=%22them+as+a+demonstrative+adjective%22&source=web&ots=7OBxlh4z4j&sig=QRVVT5O1DDRNxtc2n70-B6Vu-W8
 
(e pagina successiva)
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 stati del sud, ma forse č il posto in cui č pių usato...
Kiuhnm

 Kiuhnm
 I agree.
:-)
Cheers,
Enrico il Pentolaio.
-- 
"Tonight's the night. And it's going to happen again, and again. It has to 
happen; nice night." 

 :-)
That "degli" on the third line is mine ;-)
Because many English native speakers have some trouble with 
il/lo/i/gli/etc... such lapses might be confusing.
Kiuhnm

 il/lo/i/gli/etc... such lapses might be confusing.
Yep, sorry. Avevo scritto un'altra cosa, poi ho cambiato ma la preposizione 
era rimasta.
Laz 

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Errore? Boh. Più una scelta.
"I fell in love with you first time I looked into
Them there eyes"
(Billie Holiday)
http://www.bluesforpeace.com/lyrics/them-there-eyes.htm
Joe from Massachusetts

 Them there eyes"
Sicuro, nelle canzoni è una scelta.
Laz 

 That "degli" on the third line is mine ;-)
Damn! I thought it was just a blank reply. You should have highlightened 
your addition somehow, so as to not mislead shallow readers like me.
:-)
I'm not sure if the use of "addition" in my previous sentence is at all 
correct. Can anybody confirm it? Thanks.
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A very common phrase here in the US is the deliberately incorrect "How do
you like them apples!?", a phrase I occasionally use myself.
Joe from Massachusetts