End of ADS-L Digest - 20 Apr 1994 to 21 Apr 1994

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There are 2 messages totalling 36 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Bring/Take

 2. Bring & take



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Date:  Fri, 22 Apr 1994 07:54:23 -0500

From:  Joan Livingston-Webber <webber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CWIS.UNOMAHA.EDU>

Subject: Bring/Take



bring/take: sw PA in the early 50's, I had clear distinctions,

tho I do remember it being taught with lie/lay and sit/set as

a problem.



bring/take: eastern NDak in the mid 70's, my children used bring

where I would use take and borrow where I would use lend (e.g.

Borrow me $5.00).



Having hung around my kids, I now have heard myself say bring

when I wouldn't have as a kid and borrow. I also find myself

using waked as past and woke as pp (e.g. I waked up. He would've

woke up if you put water on his head.) I assume I've picked up

these forms from kids/residents someplace in the midwest or

midlands (as the residents call the central plains).

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Joan Livingston-Webber  webber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]unomaha.edu

"What gets better is the precision with which we vex each other."

                        -Clifford Geertz