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Re: NOT the Queen's English
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:04:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bill Farkas writes:
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> > Here's a few other words and phrases to add to the list:
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> > ekspecially
> > ekscape
> > "I have the slightest idea"
> > comf-ter-ble (for comfortable)
> > farhead (for forehead)
> > acrossed
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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."
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 whole
East Coast?
Maggie (a native Californian who hates to stand in line)
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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)
| | | Re: NOT the Queen's English
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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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