Don't let's

[Benjamin Lukoff]

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> "Mine's" meaning "mine".
>
> That's mine's. BB

Hmm! Never heard it! Must not have run around in the right crowd. :)

> Benjamin Lukoff wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Another example where I probably disagree with many on this list is the
> >> use of "mine's". Many probably would find it ungrammatical, yet it is
> >> acceptable to me as a part of Asian-American Seattle culture, which I
> >> was surrounded by as a teenager.
> >>
> >
> > "Mine's"? Can you elaborate? I'm a (part) Asian-American from Seattle
> > (born and raised) and can't quite place it. (I was a teenager from 1988 to
> > 1995.)
> >
> >
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