Dialect splits

[Laurence Horn]

On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Me: "Don't we have two of these things?"
>
> Wife: "Yes, but the other one doesn't work as well, _I think_"
>
>
> NOT: "_I *don't* think_"?! The speech of the Northeast Pennsylvanians
> is a caution!
>

Both perfectly natural for me.

LH

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