Been knowin'and Have to (WAS Want I should?)

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Probably I should have said "Non-South" rather than   "North". I'd expect 
that there would be people in western Kentucky who would follow the "South" 
patterns in both cases, but I 'm not sure. As I recall, these forms were not 
discussed for West Virginia in Wolfram and Chrisitan. Many low-frequency items go 
unnonticed, as Mike Montgomery's posting earlier today indicates.

My sense is that the "Shall" form of the question is found everywhere, at 
least among those folks who answer phones for other people. But it would have 
been safer for me to have written

Do you want me to have him (to) call you?

Rather than "Shall I have him to call you?"

In a message dated 8/13/07 4:30:06 PM, JMB at STRADLEY.COM writes:


>         Where do you see the dividing line between North and South on
> these points?  As a native of south-central Kentucky, I would have said
> "I've known them for a long time" and "Should I have him call you?"  In
> other words, the "North" versions (except that a native of my area is
> unlikely to begin a sentence with "Shall I").
> 
> 
> John Baker
> 




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