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