Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:55:41 CDT

From: Randy Roberts robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]EXT.MISSOURI.EDU

Subject: Re[2]: Tom Murray's example "this needs washed"



I am from Kansas where "this needs washed" is the way we said it.

I've been in Missouri for the last 11+ years and I am familiar with

"this needs washed" and with "it needs a washing."



Randy Roberts

robertsr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ext.missouri.edu





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Subject: Re: Tom Murray's example "this needs washed"

Author: American Dialect Society ADS-L[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uga.cc.uga.edu at INTERNET-EXT

Date: 4/3/95 11:54 PM





Does anyone have an idea of the geographical extension of this phrase,

i.e. "this needs washed" instead of "this needs being washed" or "it

needs a washing?"

Is it limited to Pennsylvania? --Cathy Bodin