Give examples of words that English is missing

Lazar   Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:15 pm GMT
<<English is missing a word for the night before Halloween.>>

I did not write that post. I know it's an odd post for an impersonator to make (because it sounds completely normal), but seriously, I did not write it.

I (the real Lazar) am well aware that several terms for the night before Halloween already exist, as evidenced at http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_110.html .
Giest   Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:47 pm GMT
<<I (the real Lazar) am well aware that several terms for the night before Halloween already exist>>

Do you actually use one of those terms Lazar?
Lazar   Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:54 pm GMT
<<Do you actually use one of those terms Lazar?>>

No, in my own idiolect I don't have any word for that night. I found out about all those terms when I first came across that dialect survey.
moonablaze   Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:57 am GMT
I noticed earlier people discussing the lack of a second person plural in english and how certain dialects use words like "y'all, you guys, youse guys...." etc etc.. So I thought I'd put my two cents in here and say that "Yernses" or "You'uns" are used in my dialect of English (Ozark Dialect -- if anyone cares)