[Ads-l] Facebookery by an Oklahoman

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Aug 17 15:37:30 UTC 2017


I doubt it’s a slip.  Oklahoma is somewhat Southwest of the epicenter of “needs washed” territory, but not all that far; cf. http://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/needs-washed for our overview.

LH

> On Aug 16, 2017, at 10:59 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> This looks like yet another example of “it needs washed”. 
> 
> BB
> 
>> On 16 Aug 2017, at 19:17, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> "I know this is geared towards women. But men need screened too."
>> 
>> Could be just a slip, of course.
>> 
>> -- 
>> -Wilson
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org



More information about the Ads-l mailing list