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minus-squareDaPorkchop_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·5 months agoWhat? People say that? I’ve literally never heard anyone speak that way unless they were either non-fluent speakers or doing a caveman impression.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoYes. Very common in the south, and in less educated communities
minus-squaremachinaeZER0@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoI’ve heard “fence needs fixin,” but not this - “needs fixed” mixes tenses too 🤔
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoI think some people are working to break our understanding of grammar and word definitions.
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months ago…I’m so glad I don’t live in the south
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoSame but it isn’t unique to
minus-squareCaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoI’ve never heard it anywhere on the east coast
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI mostly hear trades people say it
What? People say that? I’ve literally never heard anyone speak that way unless they were either non-fluent speakers or doing a caveman impression.
Yes. Very common in the south, and in less educated communities
I’ve heard “fence needs fixin,” but not this - “needs fixed” mixes tenses too 🤔
It is horrific, we live in hell
I think some people are working to break our understanding of grammar and word definitions.
…I’m so glad I don’t live in the south
Same but it isn’t unique to
I’ve never heard it anywhere on the east coast
I mostly hear trades people say it