over

[Beverly Flanigan]

Come to think of it, I used 'over' in this sense all the time as a kid, and
perhaps in college too (in a Scandinavian area of Minnesota, and a
Norwegian Lutheran college to boot).  The only qualification (I think)
would be that I wouldn't use it sentence-finally--but I might have.
It has the sense of "encompassing," obviously.

At 04:44 PM 3/21/00 +0200, you wrote:
> > "The exam is over chapters 3 and 4."
> > "My presentation is over gender differences."
> > "What are you doing your paper over?"
>
>Were there Scandinavian immigrants nearby?
>
> From the nearest Stora Svenska-Engelska Ordbok, senses 4-5 of
>över:
>
>en biografi över = a biography of
>en karta över = a map of
>en essä över = an essay about
>en satir över = a satire on
>föreläsa över = lecture on
>sktryta över = boast about   and so on.
>
>Diana