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Re: anymore (was: Re: the surprise that is at me...)

From:Aidan Grey <urso@...>
Date:Saturday, February 26, 2000, 9:27
DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:

> From: "dirk elzinga" > > > lots of late '60s radical political stuff mixed in with not very > > serious linguistics; it's a historical curiosity anymore > > but > > > like the old Laugh-In, the jokes just aren't funny anymore > > A detour: "anymore" in an affirmative sentence makes my idiolect cringe. I > first heard this usage back in university, and balked at it then, but > greater exposure made it something I accepted, but never internalized. I > haven't heard this in quite a while, but here it is again. In a negative > sentence, piece o' cake, but in an affirmative sentence, I'd opt for "these > days" or some such. Is this just my idiolect, or something more "back East"? > Other Northeast speakers? > > Kou
It sounds fine to me (west coast/midwest). Thinks of the stress - stressed on last syll not first. It's used a lot in TV shows and such - maybe it's just the prnted media where the other pronunciation, on the 1st syll, comes to mind immediately so it looks like it sounds weird. Aidan