Googling and "egg-sucking" (was Re: "Toy" computers...)

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Mon Apr 29 18:29:27 2002

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> --- Doc <doc_at_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
Received on Mon Apr 29 2002 - 18:29:27 BST