till

[Scot LaFaive]

Ditto in Wisconsin.


>From: Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: till
>Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:00:04 -0400
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>Poster:       Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: till
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>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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> >Poster:       Bill Lemay <blemay0 at MCHSI.COM>
> >Subject:      Re: till
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> >Here in Dubuque, Iowa, growing up in the late 1950s, I heard "to" most
>often.
> >This facilitated the following exchange:
> >
> >"What time is it?"
> >"Ten to."
> >"Ten to what?!"
> >"Ten(d) to your own business!"
> >
> >Bill Le May
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