Re: [ADS-L] "bring Route 40"

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Fri Aug 29 14:13:49 UTC 2008


Not in my Iowa dialect--never heard this. Has anyone checked DARE?

In a message dated 8/28/08 2:15:23 PM, zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU writes:


> so far the usage appears to be clearly regional: north midlands, from
> western pennsylvania to iowa, going north into wisconsin and minnesota
> (with one outlier data point from north carolina).  looks a lot like
> the scots-irish zone (with maybe some germanic).
> 
> i'm a bit surprised that nobody has reported references to the usage.
> 
> arnold
> 




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