Re: USAGE: Survey

--- "Joseph B." <darkmoonman@...> wrote:

> > Okay, I know I'm not supposed to do this, but need
> some
> > data.  I was attending Richie Kayne's class today
> at the LSA
>
> :: makes note beside name in record book ::
>
> >   (1)  It was lightning out last night.  OR
> >   (2)  It was lightninging out last night.
> >
> > In my dialect, I can only get (1).
>
> I hear and have heard #1 all my life, whether in the
> piedmont of South
> Carolina, in Chicago, in Phoenix or in Seattle. On
> hearing #2, I wonder if
> the speaker is trying to be humorous, similarly to
> "cute" children saying "I
> goed to school." or "I readed the book."
>
I'm from Texas and have used #1 all my life, and have
heard others do so as well.  #2 is completly weird.

Adam

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