Interesting sentence ...

[Wilson Gray]

I'm used to hearing simple "with" used with "come" and "go" in both German
and English. I've even used it myself in German. But this was the first time
that I ever heard it used with "be."

I first heard "come with" and "go with" in English in Northern California,
used by a native of Sacramento whose parents had moved there from
Minneapolis. This was in 1969.

-Wilson

On 11/22/05, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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> Yes, it probably is influenced by German and Dutch, where 'Kommst du mit?'
> and 'Kom je mee?' are just fine. Interestingly, this is also found in South
> African English, where it was influenced by Dutch/Afrikaans.
> Fritz
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> >>> preston at MSU.EDU 11/22/05 02:00PM >>>
> Come with, go with, no object, very common in German(ic) influenced
> areas throughout the Midwest. Sounds like waiting for the second shoe
> to fall to me.
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> dInIs
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> >to me, anyway:
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> >"A friend was with and she drove me home,"
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> >spoken by a woman from Illinois. Unfortunately, there was no context to
> >indicate where in Illinois she was from.
> >A WAG is northwest Illinois.
> >--
> >-Wilson Gray
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