From a post: "either" for "too/also"

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 20, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> A. "14.0.6 shows up in MAU but it seems to be stuck in a loop, never
> installing.""
>
> B. "Yeah, I'm getting the stuck-in-a-loop install _either_."
>
>
> "Positive anymore" has company.
>

Ouch.  This one seems weird to me.  I'm not Otto Jespersen, but if I were to play him on TV, I'd diagnose this as a blend of "I'm getting the stuck-in-a-loop install too" and "I'm never installing either", or some such.  I guess if were Jerry Cohen I'd say the same.

LH

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