Would you be "in jail", or "in the jail" / "in a jail" ? Brits find themselves "in hospital" or "in gaol". It's an adjectival state, not a location. The reason for being there is far more important than where you're doing it.
That's right, the correct grammatical construct is, "I'm coming to the picnic with ya'll. What ya'll want me to bring?
Stay where you is, till I get where your at. ya gotta luv dilec from a provance that has places like, Come By Chance and Vergin Cove. NFLd.
No, I'm not from there but they are a great people.
James
Larry Jaques wrote:
And from out of nowhere, (probably California), comes "way."
We can now drop "much", "very", "too", "exceedingly", and several other words from the English language because (I swear I'm not making this up), even NPR reporters are starting to use it in their speech.
Better, much better, best. Not better, mo' better, and way better.
Is mo' better better than way better? Is mo' better _way_ better than way better or just better?
(Obww) Is applying Varnish over shellac over oil better than a varnish / oil mix, or is it way better?
Between "near" and "farthest" there isn't a point that's "way far." At least there wasn't until an NPR reporter used that phrase to describe distance recently. I nearly wrecked the car, 'cause I was way shocked.
Michael "I'm way sexy for my shirt" Baglio
Hey now, that isn't really a Missouri thing. I've been around one or two people who get that wrong, certainly not everyone around here. On the other hand, SWMBO insists on shoehorning an R into Washington. Drives me crazy every time.
lacksadaisical
He's hospitalized. He's been hospitalized He is jailed. He's been jailed.
English!
charlie b
AFAIK Mike Meyers, from SNL. (Wayne and Gart)
Just bring the Yings, annat! Go, Stillers!
I always get a double-take when I talk to people, here. Some have been so bold as to suggest the _I_ have an accent!
A couple of my learned kids used "all" in place of "said" or some other appropriate past tense verb, as in "He's all, 'Dude, whazzup?'" mahalo, jo4hn (who didn't know that people thought the characters in "Fargo" spoke with an accent)
A little off the topic, but I took a survey once on colloqialisms. I wrote the college professor in charge of it and told him he'd forgotten a major one.
Where I come from (Kentucky) te word "wash" has a "r" in it :-).
jo4hn responds:
I been knowing him forever.
By the way, what's Fargo? Used to be a western series (books, not idjit box) by that name, but it stopped years ago, AFAIK.
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
Say I 'member that too.
Want a Coke? OK, what kind?
(Still "Jonesin'" for the free hot rolls at a good BBQ joint.)
Vintage Saws web page) "more likely
Just like wood, language is dynamic and is in motion. Just like wood, if you try to inhibit the expansion/contraction cycle, it'll crack.
A mystery film that came out a few years ago. Nominated for an Academy Award or two. Folks there spoke as I probably did before moving to Californy, ya know? "Ya know?" is the north central US equivalent to "eh?" yew betcha, ya4hn (who can do Ole wid da best of 'em dere, you behhtcha)
I'd settle for the good BBQ!
Of course with Vanilla Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Classic, Caffeine Free Diet Coke, Caffiene-free Coke Classic, Cherry Coke, Diet Coke with Lemon, Diet Coke with Lime, Diet Cherry Coke, and Coke 2, it's a legitimate question these days.
Same here in AZ, I really miss Spring Creek BBQ and the "bread girl" who would pass out those fresh hot rolls as soon as they came out of the oven. mmm mmm good!
Yup, here in Pennsyltucky we also have "cricks" instead of creeks.
In Philadelphia there are "shtreets" where others have streets.
One of the "shtreets" is spelled Passyunk but is invariably pronounced "Passhyunk".
Over to Jersey they gots a town spelled Buena, which the locals pronounce as "Byoona" and I'm told that when folks stop in "Byoona" and ask where Buena is - people just say, "Never heard of it".
It is often the case that I will ask for Drawings but will be given "Drawlings".
This reminds me of the time that I was listening to a Richard Pryor routine in which the father of a child who was going to leave the house without permission was told, "Don't nobody said you could go no place".
This made me think of how such a sentence might be diagrammed...
...and then I passed out.
Regards, Tom.
Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.) tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
'Cept 9 out'a 10 times - it's Dr. Pepper. :)
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