"to stay" vs. "to live" (reside)

[Mark Mandel]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM, <ronbutters at aol.com> wrote:
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> So they were just using "stay" in the usual sense, not the sense of 'dwell'.

That's not clear to me from Margaret's post. You seem to be inferring
that they were talking about where the visitor was sleeping and
keeping their traveling possessions during the visit. From the post,
though, it could equally be the case that the visits were simply the
occasions of Margaret's conversations, and the older relatives were
talking about where they and other members of the family were
permanently residing (dwelling).

m a m

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> From: Margaret Lee <mlee303 at YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Â  Â  Â  Â  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:56:16
> In response to Ron Butters' comment below:
>
> I have evidence from my own family-- aunts and uncles, and older cousins--who migrated from rural Virginia to northern states during the late 1930's and '40's and into the '50's. Â On their return visits to family in Virginia or my visits with them, they would often talk about their housing situations (who "stayed" where, with whom, and why) so I have observed their and their children's use of "stay" for "live" most of my life.

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