Needs specimen

[Jane Clark]

I spend time in central Illinois although I no longer live there, and I have
never heard this except by extremely low class people. You really shouldn't
say it is common.

>From: AAllan at AOL.COM
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Needs specimen
>Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:55:11 EST
>
>In central Illinois, "needs cleaned" and "needs washed" are common, but
>today
>I came across a rare "needs" specimen in a student journalist's story, with
>regard to the lighting for a spoken and signed production of "West Side
>Story":
>
>"Besides the actors, there are interpreters and hand signing that need well
>lighted."
>
>- Allan Metcalf

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