Re: Re: "at" at the end of a where phrase

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 12/6/03 8:35:48 PM, eulenbrg at U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:

How lucky y'all were to have Miss Smith to tell you what was right and what 
was wrong! But how did SHE know?

> Miss Smith, for whom I
> am now eternally grateful, explained that the correct answer to "Where are
> you at?" or "Where are you going to?" was "between the a and the t, or the
> t and the o," which ever applied.  It was a great phrase to use among
> ourselves, but I have grown increasingly careful about using it now . . .
> when even distinguished folk make the errors.
>