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Old 04-03-2009, 05:29 PM   #40 (permalink)
grumpyolddude
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Originally Posted by snowy View Post
How many of you use the "needs fixed" construction?



I'm curious, because my SO uses this speech pattern despite the fact he's lived in the PacNW his entire life, and it's not at all common here.
I hear this usage a lot in SE Michigan. I can't stand it! I never heard it at all until a few years ago, now it's pervasive! Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
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