Posts by wesleyt@mstdn.social
 (DIR) Post #AV7LRBqMyTK8YE2n2m by wesleyt@mstdn.social
       2023-04-28T17:20:46Z
       
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       @grammargirl I drop the infinitive all the time (needs washed in particular) and my wife (she’s a linguist) teases me incessantly about it. I have no idea why I do it, and I didn’t even know it was wrong until I met her about three years ago. I’m 52 years old. Thank goodness I never got the “warshed” pronunciation from my Arkansas-born paternal grandma.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV7ZLj5zpVvBIjdsMy by wesleyt@mstdn.social
       2023-04-28T19:56:51Z
       
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       @grammargirl To be clear, my wife did research and explain the regionalism to me. And she only gently and occasionally teases me about it. I’m just frustrated, as in my 52 years, I’ve lived in three different places for a decade or more (Phoenix, Odesa, TX, and the SF Bay Area), and no one ever corrected me. I have no idea where I picked it up.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWIz2CQDkuMDVnAi92 by wesleyt@mstdn.social
       2023-06-03T05:58:34Z
       
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       @grammargirl How cool; congratulations!
       
 (DIR) Post #AWTKpBrudu6CbSvRwm by wesleyt@mstdn.social
       2023-06-08T05:49:52Z
       
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       @stux totally 😺
       
 (DIR) Post #AawrgwavW9UKPoUY5o by wesleyt@mstdn.social
       2023-10-20T03:13:10Z
       
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       @stux I am really excited for you and I’m happy it’s going so well. Have fun!