Date:  Fri, 6 May 1994 08:11:57 EDT

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Anymore...



>Don Lance or Wayne Glowka might correct me, but I don't think "anymore" is

>a Texanism. My impression is that it is mostly upper Midwest, and as Larry

>Horn says, has been much discussed. The first time I heard it in Texas was

>from an immigrant from Iowa.

>    And sorry, Cathy, I haven't heard of a "case quarter", but I'll ask

>around on my local net.

>    --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)



I never heard it in Texas until I met someone from Pennsylvania--and I

heard it in Pennsylvania and thereabouts in the speech of numerous

people--even transplants from the South. I've tried to explain the usage

to middle Georgians. They scrunch up their noses and cock their heads and

tell anecdotes about how Yankees talk and what Yankees eat--no pork in the

vegetables, etc.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu