Fwd: I'm done my homework

[Jonathan Lighter]

Weird.

JL
"Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
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an exchange between a grad student and me:

>> Have you heard this?
>>
>> I'm done my homework.
>
> no.
>
>> Made me go "ugggh" but apparently it's pretty popular on the East
>> Coast.
>
> do some googling, and you'll see it's all over:
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> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:26:23 -0600
> Reply-To: Constructed Languages List
> Sender: Constructed Languages List
> From: Scotto Hlad
> Subject: Re: bless (adj)
> In-Reply-To: <412B94BE.7020408 at wantage.com>
>
> This all reminds me of a phrase that I hear here in western Canada.
> North
> American English speaker use 'done' to also mean 'finished' eg. I'm
> done
> with my homework. Where I live, the 'with' is disappearing. I hear it
> everywhere, "When you're done your lunch break..." "Dad, I'm done my
> homework" etc. Even the teachers in the schools say it.
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have we discussed this already?

arnold


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