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Re: Making pictures

From:<li_sasxsek@...>
Date:Thursday, September 27, 2007, 12:49
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Potter > > That sparked a memory from my childhood in school in Norfolk,
VA.
> > But the phrase was always "have made," as quoted above. "We're > > having our pictures made." > > > > But I don't remember ever using or hearing an active
construction
> > such as "He's making our picture." > > > > Charlie > > > > Chattanooga, TN, must be in the real South, then, because I > still hear this phrase all the time. :p
I never paid much attention to this usage. I guess I'll have to listen to how it plays out here in Knox Vegas. E. TN has such a variety of dialects though.
> Like in both other posts, we always use the phrase "have your > pictures made", and it usually refers to a picture that involves > posing, like at a wedding reception, or at the mall with Santa,
or for a
> school yearbook.
Or "having you picture *done*".

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>