Jayne ,'The Train Job'
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
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Hil, that's a Pittsburgh thing; we drop the "to be" all the time. I was well into my 20s before I knew that saying "My hair needs cut" was wrong. I try not to do it in written form now, but I can't eradicate it from my speech; it's too set-in.
Is this a Pennsylvania thing?
Yup.
Or what Mala said. But I don't agree that it's "wrong", per se, though if someone's formatting is against regionalisms I'd accept the foul. (Though I might not change it because I'm stubborn like that)
P-burgh also uses the word "slippy" for slippery. I like it.
Of course, Wisconsin uses the word "bubbler" for drinking fountain.
The beer flights I've seen have been served like this - tiny wee beer glasses on a wooden serving platter. Tasty AND adorable!
This is odd. I just glanced at my cable box, and the place where it usually shows the time currently says 16:9. Turning it on then off again fixed it, but I wonder what that meant.
smonster needs a transporter.
Or a time-turner. Or some more brain cells. But I've settled for animal crackers dipped in Nutella.
Buffista conversation #17 - regionalisms!
We also say "gumband" for "rubberband" which my from-elsewhere spouse can't get over.
And yeah, I shouldn't call the dropped infinitives wrong, but they are certainly non-standard.
ETA: And we use the word "nebby" for somebody who is nosy; I didn't know that wasn't common till about 3 years ago.
I've seen the beer samplers like Jess's picture, but I haven't seen them called flights. It wouldn't surprise me, though.
I'm gonna guess it's like flights of stairs, things grouped together, rather than flying.
Hil, that's a tv format. I'm guessing the remote button got squished on the button that toggles 4:3 and 16:9.
