Idiolect or more widespread?

[Laurence Horn]

>On 5/31/06, Landau, James <James.Landau at ngc.com> wrote:
>>On Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:23 PM Benjamin Zimmer quoted:
>>
>>>Lay off of them blue suede shoes.
>>>I can't take my eyes off of you.
>>>Hey! You! Get off of my cloud.
>>>Ma, take this badge off of me. I can't use it any more.
>>>Get up off of that thing, and dance till you feel better.
>>
>>Who wrote this quintain?
>
>The great poet Carl Valli Jagger Zimmerman Brown, of course.
>
Oops.  didn't see that one.  Ignore previous post.

LH

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