Note 26.Bin is the correct American pronunciation. Bean, as we have seen, is the English. But I have often found ben, rhyming with pen, in such phrases as “I ben there.” [back]
Note 27.Be, in the subjunctive, is practically extinct. [back]
Note 28. Seldom used. Get is used in the place of it, as in “I am getting old” and “he got sick.” [back]
Note 29.Burned with a distinct d-sound is almost unknown in American. [back]
Note 30. Not used. Bust has quite displaced it. [back]
Note 31.Cotched is heard only in the South, and mainly among negroes. Catch, of course, is usually pronounced ketch. Even catcher is ketcher. [back]
Note 32.Dast is more common in the negative, as in “He dasn’t do it.” [back]
Note 33.Dole, of course, is supported by the noun. [back]
