Positive anymore in upper midwest?

Scot LaFaive slafaive at GMAIL.COM
Tue Apr 15 15:07:00 UTC 2008


I'm from the West Central Wis. (very close to Minn.) and I've never
heard anyone use positive anymore in that area, or Southern Wis. where
I'm at now. He's definitely a spy.

Scot

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Alice Faber <faber at haskins.yale.edu> wrote:
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> I was listening to a hockey call-in show on XM radio on the way in to
> work this morning. A caller who identified himself as being from
> Minnesota (and sounded like it) said:
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> "you might as well have them wear skirts and figure skates anymore"
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> (After discussing the merits of his point, which made total sense in
> context, the hosts did criticize the stereotypical reference to skirts
> and figure skates.)
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