When my 1st wife & I lived & went to college in South LA & lived in Jefferson Parish, I used to smile when some "way up the bayou fellow" (instead of saying "This is my car") they said, "This car here belongs to be mine."
(I was curious & asked an English professor from the University of New Orleans where that "usuage" came from & she said, "That is a straight literal translation from pre-18th Century FRANKISH to English. It's what is called a 'double positive' that emphasizes 'ownership' or possession". - Frankish is the old manner of speaking that became modern French.)
yours, tex
