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Re: preposition

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, March 18, 2001, 2:59
Tristan McLeay wrote:
> > > What store did you buy that at? > > You'd say that? I would've said 'Where did you buy that?' (or 'Where ja > buy that?')
I'd most likely say "Where'dja buy that?" if it were merely curiosity, but if it were something really bad, I might say "What store did you buy THAT at?"
> > Where'd you go to? > > Where do you live at? > > > This just sound 'broken and wrong'.
I don't say those, but I have heard them quite a bit. Mostly the same people who say things like "it's broke". -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42