 | | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today) —Bill Farkas
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| | | (...) Here's one that drives me BONKERS! *"All of a sudden."* What is a "sudden". And how does "all" of one cause something to occur quickly. What does "part of a sudden" do? (I looked it up - it is also a noun, but it still drives me crazy). Here's (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Add to that "let me aks you a question" and "I took a pitcher with my camera." Both usages are popular here in "Picksburg." Dave! (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | (...) supposably libary I know this is not improper but it always jars me when my NLS, who hails from Long Island, talks about having to stand "on line" at the post office or bank. Is this peculiar to New Yorkers or do people say it up and down the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Now that I think of it, there's another western PA-ism (and maybe elsewhere) in which the speaker drops the "to be" infinitive. For example, one might say "the laundry needs washed" rather than "the laundry needs to be washed" or "the laundry (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | (...) Wait! Where does this word come from? I once saw an episode of "Friends" where the character "Joey" uses this word as though it were correct. Were they actually making fun of an east coast regional dialect? What makes this especially (...) (23 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: NOT the Queen's English —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) I think they get it from across the pond. They just can't bring themselves to go whole hog, and stand on queue. Steve (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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