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"Moon Over Homewood" was, I believe, the name of one of Mark & Brian's song parodies back in the '80s. And the forced possessives is not unique to the Birmingham area. My wife does it; she's from Mobile and has never lived in B'ham. I think it's a Southern thing. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 20:40, 5 August 2013 (PDT) | "Moon Over Homewood" was, I believe, the name of one of Mark & Brian's song parodies back in the '80s. And the forced possessives is not unique to the Birmingham area. My wife does it; she's from Mobile and has never lived in B'ham. I think it's a Southern thing. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 20:40, 5 August 2013 (PDT) | ||
* I found a good reference for "Moon Over Homewood". Thanks for the wake-up call. As for the forced possessive, I think it's endemic enough to merit coverage even if its not unique. The phenomenon needs more study. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 08:16, 6 August 2013 (PDT) | * I found a good reference for "Moon Over Homewood". Thanks for the wake-up call. As for the forced possessive, I think it's endemic enough to merit coverage even if its not unique. The phenomenon needs more study. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 08:16, 6 August 2013 (PDT) | ||
** Oops, well, [[Moon Over Homewood|that]] just shows what I know. --[[User:Lkseitz|Lkseitz]] 09:24, 6 August 2013 (PDT) | |||
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"Moon Over Homewood" was, I believe, the name of one of Mark & Brian's song parodies back in the '80s. And the forced possessives is not unique to the Birmingham area. My wife does it; she's from Mobile and has never lived in B'ham. I think it's a Southern thing. --Lkseitz 20:40, 5 August 2013 (PDT)
- I found a good reference for "Moon Over Homewood". Thanks for the wake-up call. As for the forced possessive, I think it's endemic enough to merit coverage even if its not unique. The phenomenon needs more study. --Dystopos 08:16, 6 August 2013 (PDT)