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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I took a dialect class in college -- one of the most interesting classes I took -- and we talked about the "stay-live" difference. "Stay" is a dialectical usage, and occurs in a number of dialects (including Scots English  ). I remember our professor saying that, at least as used by some Southern speakers, the usage has African roots and means something slightly different -- I believe it's that "stay" indicates a degree of permanence that "live" does not. |
Many people don't know this. Thanks for sharing.