What is with people using the word "sharpened" in this manner (from the Vintage Saws web page) "more likely is the fact that they probably need sharpened". I see it on eBay too. I believe it should be "...they probably need TO BE sharpened."
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Saws web page) "more likely is the fact that they probably need sharpened". I see it on eBay too. I believe it should be "...they probably need TO BE sharpened."
Yup. Or "need sharpening".
Saws web page) "more likely is the fact that they probably need sharpened". I see it on eBay too. I believe it should be "...they probably need TO BE sharpened."
Fading memories of proper grammatical construction most likely. Yes, it is somewhat annoying.
Vintage Saws web page) "more likely is the fact that they probably need sharpened". I see it on eBay too. I believe it should be "...they probably need TO BE sharpened."
Or: "They prolly need sharpened"
I hate "prolly"
It may be a regional colloquialism. They say things like that, here, in Pennsylvania. I never heard it in Texas.
I hate "orientated" :-).
Common in Ireland, and some parts of the USA.
My wife is from Pittsburgh and uses that construction all the time. Drives me nuts!
Pittsburghers do talk funny, don't they? "Yins"?
Vintage Saws web page) "more likely is the fact that they probably need sharpened". I see it on eBay too. I believe it should be "...they probably need TO BE sharpened."
LOL, I've got a bad habit of saying "it needs fixed". Really bugs an anal retentive city slicker friend of mine. He never should have told me. :)
Add the British "He was in hospital." Seems "the" and "a" are no longer used in England.
The incomplete "Can I go with?"
The southern favorite "I'm fixin' to ..."
And my current favorite - "goes/go" in place of "said" as in "Dude - and then he goes 'Oh yeah". And I go 'Yeah!'."
charlie b
It has its place - as in "Prolly wanna cracker?"
;-)
Godzilla
charlie b adds:
That last one has been around for at least a decade and a half. I recall being pissed at the youngest kid's constant use of it during her high school daze.
How about a really great one, "It's so fun."
Charlie Self "Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill
Saws web page) "more likely is the fact that they probably need sharpened". I see it on eBay too. I believe it should be "...they probably need TO BE sharpened."
I had it explained to me that this is a pennsylvania dutch (IIRC) grammatical structure, probably carried over from some obscure dialect of german...
Don't get me started...
I'm coming to the picnic with yuns. What should I bring with?
Yunz need ta get over it.
Dave Hall a West Virginian who has lived in Pittsburgh 20 years too long
Irregardless :-)
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:25:09 -0700, charlie b calmly ranted:
"When you go there, bring it with you." vs. "take"
[straying further from the topic]: My wife's family is from MO -- they have a hard time with the difference between "idea" and "ideal", as in "Tim had a great ideal, we're going to have a picnic on Saturday!" or, the converse, "Fastening that board that way is idea!"
Just one of those things that makes one cringe.
>...
? What's wrong with that one? You're just pronouncing it wrong, it's really, "It's sooo fun"
:=)
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