Positive anymore in upper midwest?

[Scot LaFaive]

I'm from the West Central Wis. (very close to Minn.) and I've never
heard anyone use positive anymore in that area, or Southern Wis. where
I'm at now. He's definitely a spy.

Scot

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Alice Faber <faber at haskins.yale.edu> wrote:
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> I was listening to a hockey call-in show on XM radio on the way in to
> work this morning. A caller who identified himself as being from
> Minnesota (and sounded like it) said:
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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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