"Let's get you that tattoo finished."

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Damien Hall <D.Hall at kent.ac.uk> wrote:
> I assume that's what caused Wilson to remark upon it.

Some AmE-speakers find such structures to be nothing short of amazing.
Readers may recall my twice-told - or, quite likely, more-often told -
tale of the barracks-mate, a native of Darien, CT, who was absolutely
astounded when a mess-cook said to him,

"Get you a tray."

It was literally days before he could stop bringing it up for
discussion, even though - or, perhaps, especially because - he was
alone in finding anything noteworthy about that sentence.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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