"I'm gonna buy me a dog"

[Sherman Wilcox]

On 9/24/04 1:11 PM, "Jo Rubba" <jrubba at calpoly.edu> wrote:

> People on our grammar-teaching list have been discussing indirect
> objects. Examples from various English dialects came up, such as "I'm
> gonna run me the best race of my life" or "I'm gonna bake me a cake".

You should play "Peel Me A Grape" (Diana Krall has a nice version) for your
class. "Champagne me," "new Thunderbird me," "polar bear rug me" -- it's a
great tune for analysis.

--
Sherman Wilcox
Department of Linguistics
University of New Mexico