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"I'm after ..." (Re: Maybe Spam ? "Sorunsuz Yathamanýn Kefyi .. .")

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Monday, September 27, 2004, 19:29
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:25:34 +0200, Philip Newton
<philip.newton@...> wrote:
["I'm after VERB-ing"]
> I believe this is a typical feature of Hiberno-English; the influence > is from Irish grammar.
See, for example, a Google search for "I'm after" Hiberno-English , which will produce a variety of interesting matches ( http://www.google.com/search?q=%22I%27m+after%22+Hiberno-English ). Cheers, -- Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> Watch the Reply-To!