Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 16:37:28 -0500

From: "Timothy C. Frazer" mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: Quick Question (re "needs washed")



On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Natalie Maynor wrote:



How large is the "needs washed" dialect area -- as in "the car needs

washed"? Somebody on Words-L just asked.

--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)



See the article by Tom Murray, Beth Simon and me forthcoming in AS. We

have a map.