Date:  Fri, 18 Nov 1994 11:32:44 -0500

From:  Donald Larmouth <LARMOUTD[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GBMS01.UWGB.EDU>

Subject: Re: Anyone familiar with the following expressions?



As a lifetime fisherman, I can attest to many usages like the following:

    I'm gonna hook me a [name almost any species of game fish]

    I'm gonna catch me a [name almost any species of game or bait fish]



I'm not much of a hunter now, but the following is also common:

    I'm gonna shoot me a [bear, deer, elk, moose, rabbit, partridge, etc.]



I have also heard a wildlife photographer use the same expression, where

{shoot} meant 'photograph.'



One could argue that there are some semantic properties in common in {get},

{buy}, {hook}, {catch}, and {shoot}, but I can't say, "I'm gonna obtain me a

dictionary" or "I'm gonna acquire me a footstool" so there must be something

else going on.