eWAVE - Datapoint Manx English/Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts

Datapoint Manx English/Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts

Variety:	Manx English
Feature:	Wider range of uses of progressive be + V-ing than in StE: extension to habitual contexts
Value:	A - feature is pervasive or obligatory
Informants:	Jennifer Kewley Draskau

Example 1939:: The ones that can't say 'saugragh' is sayin 'saudhragh' – more Englified lek

Source: Moore et al. 1991: 155
Example 1940:: ye're hardly aver hearin now them gud oul names

Source: Moore et al. 1991: 7