Bring vs. Take

ronbutters at AOL.COM ronbutters at AOL.COM
Sat Feb 12 13:59:43 UTC 2011


As in the 21st century sense of 'take' as used in the American South.

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On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:07 PM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET> wrote:

> At 2/11/2011 04:12 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
>> I am sure that Larry doesn't really say "this here." Such a speaker
>> is more likely to be from the South and would in fact say, ""I gotta
>> CARRY this here Chevy to the shop"!
>
> As in the 18th century sense of "accompany; go with"?
>
> Joel
>
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