presidential nominative-objective

[Dennis R. Preston]

>You've been X-in' for a Y-in' (achin' for a breakin', itchin' for a
>bitchin') has almost proverbial "frame" status in my dialect.

dInIs


>True, but how about, "You been lookin' for a whuppin', and I'm fixin' to
>give you one"?
>
>bob
>
>>  From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>>  Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>  Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 16:48:59 +0800
>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  Subject: Re: presidential nominative-objective
>>
>>
>>  How about in "You lookin to get whupped?"  Seems pretty immediate.
>>
>>  Larry

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Dennis R. Preston
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