Heard on The Doctors: unexpected "positive anymore." Trivia

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

Why would you label this "unexpected"? Positive anymore's not as common in St. Louis as in other parts of the Midlands, but it's not unheard of there (per T. Murray's studies). Or is it the fact that a doctor said it that's surprising? Since the feature bears little social awareness, I'm not surprised to hear it from all social ranks.

-Matt Gordon

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Subject: Heard on The Doctors: unexpected "positive anymore." Trivia

Spoken by "Dr. G.: Medical Examiner," a native of Saint Louis:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Garavaglia

"Evidence such as this can be quite decisive, _anymore_."

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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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