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<DIV>On Sat, 14 Jul 2001 00:23:07 +0800 Laurence Horn </DIV>
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<DIV>>"I'm gonna git me a new pickup/shotgun" </DIV>
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<DIV>When I've heard that construction it is often, "I'm gunna take 'n git me a
new pickup" (Well, used actually.) I've always wondered where tha "take and"
part comes from. My grandmother (rural NE PA b. 1907) used it constantly. Am I
correct that these two often go together? How widespread is the "take
and"?</DIV>
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<DIV>>"I'm gonna git me a new BMW/laser printer", but it's making
inroads. </DIV>
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<DIV>I suspect this is a deliberate ironic ruralism.</DIV>
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