Date: Sat, 7 May 1994 00:46:26 -0500

From: ALICE FABER FABER%LENNY[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VENUS.CIS.YALE.EDU

Subject: ANYMORE



Here's some more anecdotal observation on positive anymore in the Hudson

Valley...

I've read (I wish I could remember where) that this is a Hudson Valley

feature. This kind of report could indicate that positive anymore WAS found in

the Hudson Valley a generation ago. My parents live in a VERY small town in

southern Columbia County (across the river and a little north of Kingston). My

mother associates positive anymore with a specific friend of hers, a woman of

about 60, who was born and raised in town ("Oh, C- says that."), so it really

may be a relic usage. Next time I talk to my parents, I'll ask if she's heard

anyone else use positive anymore.



Alice Faber

Faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Yalehask.Yale.edu