Modal + PP

[Dan Goodman]

On 01/03/2012 10:47 AM, Alice Faber wrote:
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>   From a forum posting about today's wind storm in the UK:
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> "We’re in central Scotland. The Forth Bridge is shut, cos you don’t want
> blown off that fucker"
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> (Yes, it's *that* kind of forum, but I was struck by the "want blown
> off" construction from somewhere other than western PA and its environs.)

I suspect it was once used in one Ulster County NY community:  Ireland
Corners.

Is it used anywhere in Canada?

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Dan Goodman
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