iomega help conversation

[David Bowie]

From:    "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>

> You-all will surely like this. It's for real. (Typos fixed.)

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> Chat Session

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> 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...

Maybe it's not so limited any more--my wife's siblings (especially the
younger ones--it's a family of six kids) use it all the time, much to
their mother's horror. They're from Maryland, about an hour north of
Baltimore.

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David Bowie                                         http://pmpkn.net/lx
     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.

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