"Can I help who's next?"

[Alice Faber]

Mark A Mandel wrote:
>And my daughter *also* wonders about "Can I help who's next?", which
>only in the past 2-3 years has she heard in place of "Can I help
>whoever's next?"
>
>(She's in graduate school; I'm working out of town; we spent some time
>together today for the first time in over a month. With coffee. But I
>figured it would be best for the list to separate the discussion
>threads.)

I first noticed this locution shortly after I moved to New Haven, almost 15
years ago. It was used by all of the counter workers at the coffee joint
closest to the lab.



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