Yumi - shock, horror ... pronoun discoveries!

[Richard Scaglion]

> Lise Dobrin has very correctly picked up the stepping-out-of-literalness
> 'yumi' ('yumi bai wokim nupela haus kuk gen') and this really merits
> extended discussion + plenty of live examples. (Richard Scaglion says
> speakers from other areas pick this as a Sepik trait, but I can't agree
> that this is so. It's much more widespread.)

I agree with John that the "creative" use of yumi is certainly more 
widespread than just the Sepik. More than likely, what people were picking 
up on was some specific usage that may (or may not) be a Sepik trait, but I 
am not sure what that might be. I hope this thread continues, so that I can 
figure it out!

Rick