According to Wolfram and Schilling-Estes, "indignant come" is "the use
of the form 'come' as an auxiliary in sentences such as "She come
acting like she was real mad". To my ear, "he come saying" could be a
bit different from "he come and said".
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Benjamin Torbert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Daniel Ross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Sometimes these constructions are said to indicated surprise or similar
>> emotions. That's not consistent, but it may be the case here.
>>
>> Daniel
>
>
> Evidently. I've heard the feature called "indignant come" w/r/t AAE, but
> there seems to be no indignation expressed in the examples given.
>
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