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Re: CHAT: ...y'know

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 30, 1999, 7:47
raccoon@elknet.net writes:
>I've noticed an annoying trend in >American speech: when explaining something, people will say "what it is >is...." >In addition there are even longer variations, such as "the thing of it is >is >...," which isn't even correct grammar.
Then again, since when did colloquial (where i always hear it) speech ever follow correct grammar all of the time? =). ____________________________________________________________________ "Bailando en el fuego con un gran deseo" - India ____________________________________________________________________