a locus classicus for fronted "anymore"

[Scot LaFaive]

>
> I wonder how many times fronted positive ANYMORE has been discussed here!
> Yes it is common in the upper Midwest and is a feature so commonly noted
> that one wonders how anyone could find it remarkable, let alone painful. It
> is indeed no wonder that Roger Shuy, Dennis Preston, and now Arnold Zwicky
> have cancelled out.
>

Well don't I feel like an ass now...

Scot


On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 3:06 PM, <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:

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> I wonder how many times fronted positive ANYMORE has been discussed here!
> Yes it is common in the upper Midwest and is a feature so commonly noted
> that one wonders how anyone could find it remarkable, let alone painful. It
> is indeed no wonder that Roger Shuy, Dennis Preston, and now Arnold Zwicky
> have cancelled out.
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> At 11:58 AM -0500 8/18/09, Scot LaFaive wrote:
> >  >
> >>  I'm surprised! I must have heard more positive (including fronted)
> >>  _anymore_s during the four years I lived in Wisconsin than I heard in
> my
> >>  other 60 years living in the Northeast and California.
> >
> >
> >I'm surprised as well. I've lived in Wisconsin all my life (four years in
> >the Madison area and 30 in the west central area), and I can't remember
> >hearing natives of either area using positive "anymore" on any regular (or
> >irregular) basis. Whereabouts did you live in Wisconsin.
>
> Madison (1977-81)
>
> LH
>
> >This is very
> >interesting. Wonder what DARE says about this for Wisconsin.... (Joan?)
> >
> >Scot
> >
> >
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