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Re: YAEDT? Syntax in dialects of English (was: Of accents & dialects (was: Azurian phonology)

From:deinx nxtxr <deinx.nxtxr@...>
Date:Saturday, October 25, 2008, 15:15
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
> Lots of little differences like that, especially across the Pond. One > that springs to mind is that Americans eliding a verb phrase with an > auxiliary just leave the main verb off ("Are you going to go?" "I > should.") where Brits replace the main verb with a generic instead ("I > should do.").
Recently I heard someone who just moved to the area bring up how the locals will say "Where are you at?" instead of just "Where are you?"

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Chris Peters <beta_leonis@...>