Positive Anymore

[Beverly Flanigan]

Sorry, Tom--I confused you with Fritz!  But I agree--I've never heard it up
there, in my family or in friends I see in Mpls every summer.  Like "needs"
+ past participle, it's pretty noticeable; if I were to use it
(artificially, like Larry), it'd be commented on right away.

At 12:00 AM 6/11/2005, you wrote:
>A Minnesotan, born and bred, I remember first hearing positive anymore from
>my mother-in-law, who was living in Columbus OH in the early '70s, but came
>from the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia.
>
>If it is prevalent in the Twin Cities now, I haven't noticed it.
>
>--Tom Kysilko, St Paul
>
>At 6/10/2005 08:40 AM -0400, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>>At 09:34 PM 6/9/2005, you wrote:
>> >At 4:59 PM -0400 6/9/05, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>> >>Yes, I noted here a couple of times that I heard it even in my 70-plus
>> aunt
>> >>and uncle in LA and San Diego (transplants from Minnesota, where AFAIK it
>> >>isn't used yet).
>> >>
>> >>Beverly
>> >
>> >I'd be somewhat surprised at that (not that it's present in
>> >California, especially by the many midwestern transplants, but that
>> >it's absent from Minnesota), given that as mentioned I heard it a lot
>> >in Wisconsin from 1977 to 1981.
>> >
>> >Larry
>>
>>It may be in Minnesota by now; I've been gone a long time.  But I listen
>>for these things every summer when I go up to visit, so I'll listen
>>again.  My nieces are pretty good barometers of language change.  Fritz,
>>you're in St. Paul, right?  Do you hear it there?
>
>
>   Tom Kysilko        Practical Data Services
>   pds at visi.com       Saint Paul MN USA
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