Date:  Tue, 25 Oct 1994 18:56:37 -0500

From:  Daniel S Goodman <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: go/come with



On Tue, 25 Oct 1994, M. Lynne Murphy wrote:



> leaving out the object in "go/come with" is typical of northern

> illinois and other parts of the midwest, and presumed by many to be

> from germanic influence.

>

> the phenomenon is much more widespread here in south african english,

> where, e.g., i could offer you lunch and ask "have you had?"

>

It's common in Minnesota, which certainly does have German influence. It

apparently never caught on in the parts of New York State that used to be

Dutch-speaking.



Something else I wonder about --- "If he would have" where standard

English would be "If he had." It's common in Minnesota -- is it from

German, and/or one of the Scandinavian languages?



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu