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Re: preposition

From:Scott W. Hlad <scott@...>
Date:Sunday, March 18, 2001, 3:40
I was born in Western Pennsylvania. We would never bat an eye at such
constructions. We even said things such as "Where you at?" and were well
understood.
Scott

> -----Original Message----- > From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On > Behalf Of Tristan McLeay > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 7:55 PM > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > Subject: Re: preposition > > > > 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?') > > > > > And even in cases where the preposition is not strictly necessarily, > > like: > > > > Where'd you go to? > > Where do you live at? > > > This just sound 'broken and wrong'. > > Tristan Alexander McLeay > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com