Positive Anymore

[Patti Kurtz]

I use positive anymore all the time (native of Pittsburgh)  But my North
Dakota students give me weird looks, so it's ungrammatical for them here
in Minot, anyway.

Patti Kurtz
Minot State University

Tom Kysilko wrote:

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>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.
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>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:
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>>At 09:34 PM 6/9/2005, you wrote:
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>>>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?
>>
>>
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>   Tom Kysilko        Practical Data Services
>   pds at visi.com       Saint Paul MN USA
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