iomega help conversation

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:29 AM -0500 1/20/06, Dennis R. Preston wrote:
>You-all will surely like this. It's for real. (Typos fixed.)
>
>...

Not only "need replaced" but "showing out of warranty".  Very nice.
Reminds me that I recently came across a naturalistic (if not
natural) example of the rarer "like" + p.pcpl. construction discussed
in some work by Tom Murray and Beth Lee Simon (their locus classicus
was "The baby likes cuddled").

"Would you like massaged there as well?" Mindy asked softly. Tyler
looked at his girlfriend, and saw her nod in enthusiastic approval.

The referent of the pro-adverbial will be left as an exercise for the
reader (as well as for Mindy).  Similar examples can be googled up:

He likes touched too.

I'm looking for a discrete long-term or short-term sexual adventure
with a woman that likes cuddled, fondled, lickedŠ

All sorts of interesting stuff going on in Pittsburgh and eastern
Ohio, it would seem, in between fielding iOmega helpline calls...

larry

>
>K.J.:  Then it will need replaced. The door is damaged. The drive
>should open and close without it being connected to the computer.
>
>Dennis:  Dammit! But it's nice to get help from a "needs + past
>participle" user (Western PA, Central Ohio?).
>
>K.J.:  I do not understand what you mean. The drive would need
>replaced. Unfortunately, the serial number you have provided shows
>the drive to be Out Of Warranty in our database.  If you have a proof
>of purchase that indicates your drive is in warranty, you may forward
>a copy to us and we will update our database accordingly.  We have
>two methods to accomplish this.
>1.  Fax
>You may fax the Proof Of Purchase to 1-800-756-3959
>(Attention:Kathryn). The fax must include your Name and Incident
>Reference #.  If that information is not provided, there may be a
>delay in completing the RMA.
>2.  E-Mail
>You may also email us a soft copy of your proof of purchase.  Please
>attach the soft copy to your reply email.
>Once we have received your proof of purchase, we will process the RMA
>as soon as possible.
>
>Dennis:  You wrote "need replaced." That is a very limited
>grammatical construction; it occurs mainly in the Central Midlands
>(Central Ohio, etc.) of the US. There is some evidence that it came
>from early Scots-Irish immigrant usage. Thanks; I'll have to return
>it.
>
>K.J.:  What?
>
>Dennis:  Since it came in the mail this morning, it's hard to imagine
>that it is out of warranty.
>
>K.J.:  The serial number is showing out of warranty. I could replace
>it with a proof of purchase as I have requested, but I'm from PA not
>OH and we would need to stay on topic.
>

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