Date:  Thu, 21 Apr 1994 17:47:51 -0500

From:  "Gerald W. Walton" <vcgw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.BACKBONE.OLEMISS.EDU>

Subject: Re: Bring/Take



At 04:42 PM 4/21/94 -0500, Natalie Maynor wrote:

>I'm a native Mississippian and find the use of "bring" for "take" strange.

>I can talk about bringing something home if I'm home at the time I'm using

>that word. If I'm somewhere other than home at the time, I talk about

>taking something home, not bringing it home. Bringing means in the direction

>of where I am during the conversation; taking means the other direction.



Same here. GWW