Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

In a message dated 3/18/01 3:34:49 PM, Barry_Garcia@MONTEREY.EDU writes:

<< Probably not as good an example of yours, but i'll often hear my father

say things like "close the light",  which is something quite common that

other Filipinos will do (my father is American born, and even though he

spoke english growing up, and really only listening to my grandmother and

father speak, he picked up their speech habits). My grandmother does the

same also. >>

My Armenian step-father and his parents do the same.

-David