On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- Doc <doc(a)mdrconsult.com> wrote:
I was 35 when
I found that the entire English-speaking
world doesn't "put stuff up" (put stuff away).
I don't think we "put stuff up" (except for curtains, wallpaper and
posters ;-), but here, we talk about cars and dishes that "need washed"
(as opposed to "needs wash*ing*" or "needs *to be* washed").
What really drives my (Massachusetts-born) Spousal Equivalent up the
wall is when I'm [about to, going to] "fixing to" do something.
Doc