which its = "whose"

[Benjamin Barrett]

FWIW, I used to talk a lot to someone who used some sort of odd "which." I took it to be something he used to sound more intelligent. BB

On Jun 14, 2014, at 4:52 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I've been hearing it in TN since the '70s. I don't recall it from NYC, but
> I may not have known the right people.
>
> JL
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> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I've heard sentences like
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>> We were going to have a picnic Saturday, which it rained, so we stayed
>> home=
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>> I don't know what its regional distribution is, but most instances I've
>> heard have come from NW Ohio.
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>> Herb
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>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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>>> Ah, I see the OED's entry at 14b, citing the same source inter alia:
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>>> Hence, in vulgar use, without any antecedent, as a mere connective or
>>> introductory particle.

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