Positive anymore in upper midwest?

[Scot LaFaive]

>Erica Benson has got some preliminary data from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, I think.

Up until four years ago I lived in the Eau Claire area for almost 30
years and I never heard it. That doesn't mean it isn't there, but if
it is, it sure eluded me.

Scot

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Joseph Salmons <jsalmons at wisc.edu> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Joe
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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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