Positive anymore in upper midwest?

[Matthew Gordon]

Stealthiness is one of the delightful things about positive 'anymore'.
People who have it natively don't realize that there's anything non-standard
about it, and when it's heard by people who don't have it, they're likely to
dismiss it as a "performance" error (or if they're Saussurian, a parole
violation).


On 4/15/08 10:09 AM, "Scot LaFaive" <slafaive at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>> 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
>

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