Re:    Re: â? â? â? LC-01 genitive noun phrase s

I wrote:
> Just to insert my 2cents here-- personally, I'd say "picker-upper" too,
and
> similarly some other phrases, albeit somewhat randomly, and almost always
> with a smirk, knowing that it's "wrong"........
And a pensée d'escalier-- "picker-upper" in the US may very likely be due to
a long-gone but amusing TV commercial for a brand of paper towel that was
touted as the "quicker picker-upper"...........

Y'all in Europe, who have not been exposed to 50-plus years of constant
TV-commercial bombardment, would be amazed at the influence they can have on
American speech. Granted, it's usually short-lived; but we probably all
remember, and at some point have said--

"I can't believe I ate the whole thing!"
"Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!"
"I've fallen and I can't get up!"
et alia, which are probably meaningless to outlanders ;-)))

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