--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Tristan McLeay <zsau@F...> wrote:
> At any rate,
> she used 'us' in the singular a while ago, something I've never
heard my
> parents (or any of their generation) do, so she's either copied it
off my
> generation (unlikely) or it skipped a generation or something. Is
singular
> us used in Britain? (e.g. 'pass us the knife' was what she said)).
Yes, but only as an indirect object (without 'to'). Also occurs in
a very abbreviated form, 'Give it us' - possibly a contraction
of 'Give it to us'.
Richard.