Positive anymore in upper midwest?

[Joseph Salmons]

It's now found in the Upper Midwest. Some speakers react strongly to
it when you ask about it and some insist they haven't heard it, but
it's certainly found in the region among native speakers. Erica Benson
has got some preliminary data from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, I think.

Joe


On Apr 15, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Alice Faber wrote:

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> I was listening to a hockey call-in show on XM radio on the way in to
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> "you might as well have them wear skirts and figure skates anymore"
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> (After discussing the merits of his point, which made total sense in
> context, the hosts did criticize the stereotypical reference to skirts
> and figure skates.)
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