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Re: NOT the Queen's English
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 16:59:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron writes:
> supposably
> libary
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 needs washing." The first few times I heard it I
had no idea what people were even trying to say. It baffled me that the
idiom would even have developed, but then I heard "I yunz guys going to the
store?" and I realized the infinitive issue was just the least of them!
Dave!
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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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