Re: USAGE: pronouncing "l", "needs washed"

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>My wife (an eastern Iowan by birth) pronounces the "l" in "walk" and
>"talk."  Sounds really weird to me.
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>But the thing I don't get is that a few years ago, I first heard the
>construction, "that shirt needs washed" from my wife.  (I would say,
>"that shirt needs to be washed," or "that shirt needs washing."  To
>me, "washed" is not a nominal, and therefore cannot be used as the
>direct object of "needs," whereas "to be washed" and "washing" are
>both nominals.)
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>Now I'm noticing it in the speech of almost everyone I know from the
>midwest.  But I *never* heard it, growing up in Michigan.

Hi, Ed,

No offense to your wife, but I never heard it in Milwaukee growing up,
neither has my wife.

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>Nik Taylor wrote:
>> nicole perrin wrote:
>> > I noticed this in John's post too - I distinctly say /balm/, as well as
>> > /kalm/ and /kwalm/ and /alms/, is this abnormal?
Nik:
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>> A lot of l-consonant clusters, especially /lm/, tend to vary in whether
>> or not /l/ is pronounced.  I say both /almz/ and /amz/, as well as
>> /kA(l)m/, /kwA(l)m/, and /bA(l)m/
Well that's a relief, because I waffle on calm and alms too.

Jerry

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