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In article <1992Aug5.224441.10212@u.washington.edu>
bbeer@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Beer) writes:
 
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>In article <9208052111.AA20375@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> lucas@WATSON.IBM.COM ("Bruce Lucas") writes:
>>As a more-or-less native Midwesterner (northeastern Ohio) born of
>>western-Pennsylvania parents, the construct exemplified by
>>"The car needs washed" sounds natural to my ears.  However,
>>I have found that many on the East Coast find this construction
>
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>>New Zealander use it.  I would be interested in any comments the
>>readers of this newsgroup might have on the origin and extent of
>>this construct.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Bruce Lucas
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>I grew up in Iowa City, Iowa, and heard it a lot - mostly from rural people
>and not so much from those who had grown up in Iowa City itself.  I remember
>hearing somewhere that it was a Pennsylvania-ism.  Hmm.  There are lots of
>Amish in Iowa and in Pennsylvania - anyone know if we should blame them?  :)
>Also, a large percentage of rural Iowans are of German and Czech backgrounds.
>Maybe it is a more general thing than Amish.  I speak German and am not
>aware of that kind of construction in German, but I don't really know much
>about the non-standard dialects.  In Amana (where there still are many German
>speakers) you do hear some interesting expressions/syntax, such as "Look the
>window and see what it's making outside".
>
>I have also heard what sounds like a similar construction:  'You want slapped?'
>(omission of "to be/to get")
>
>Bob Beer
>bbeer@u.washington.edu
 
Ive never heard the "to be..." omitted here in Missouri, or anywhere else...
hmmm.   ;)
 
 
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