"Michael L Kankiewicz" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:
>>
>> How about "that was so fun!" Fun is a noun, not an adjective. Pass the
>> ammo,
>> please.
>
> Or how about "That was so not fun!"
>

How about "Please give us the name & address of the parents who didn't look
over your shoulder while you were doing your English homework?" :-)

Here's another. I'm in upstate NY. But, we have a significant contingent of
people, mostly guys, who say "alls". Example: "Alls I want is a slice of
pizza".

Pass the ammo, please.

"Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
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>
> "Michael L Kankiewicz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:
>>>
>>> How about "that was so fun!" Fun is a noun, not an adjective. Pass the
>>> ammo,
>>> please.
>>
>> Or how about "That was so not fun!"
>>
>
> How about "Please give us the name & address of the parents who didn't
> look over your shoulder while you were doing your English homework?" :-)
>
> Here's another. I'm in upstate NY. But, we have a significant contingent
> of people, mostly guys, who say "alls". Example: "Alls I want is a slice
> of pizza".
>
> Pass the ammo, please.
>

One that grates on me, and I think it's more common in the south, is saying
"I'm going to get me..." as in "I want to get me a new truck" instead of the
correct "I want to get a new truck."

Peter Aitken

Peter Aitken wrote:

>
> One that grates on me, and I think it's more common in the south, is
saying
> "I'm going to get me..." as in "I want to get me a new truck" instead
of the
> correct "I want to get a new truck."


That's good, if antiquated, English. It's called an ethic dative. See
Shakespeare, Sonnet 40: "Although thou steal thee all my poverty:"




Dog