till

[Beverly Flanigan]

It was the same for me in the '50s in Minnesota.  Dubuque is on the River,
right?  It may or may not have shifted to "till" in the past 50 years, with
the general sweep of Midland speech across Iowa and beyond.  What do you
hear these days?  (And btw, we used "to" both with and without the noun,
like you.)

At 04:45 PM 7/20/2007, you wrote:
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>Here in Dubuque, Iowa, growing up in the late 1950s, I heard "to" most often.
>This facilitated the following exchange:
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>"What time is it?"
>"Ten to."
>"Ten to what?!"
>"Ten(d) to your own business!"
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>Bill Le May
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