Bring vs. Take

[Paul Frank]

> Wilson:
> "(One my wife's pet peeves is the loss of the distinction between
> _bring_ and _take_.)"
>
> Is this a Pennsylvania thing?

As far as I can tell, it's a thing and it's long been a thing in
British and American English, in German, in Spanish, and probably in
many European languages, but come to think of it not in French.

Paul

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