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