Date:  Mon, 7 Feb 1994 13:19:53 -0600

From:  Christine E Capra-1 <capr0001[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GOLD.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Re: She's All



On Sun, 6 Feb 1994, Keith Russell wrote:



> I've enjoyed the informal surveys concerning current usage, so I decided

> to do one of my own.

>

> A couple of years ago, my daughter (now a junior in high school) and her

> friends started using the phrase "s/he's all" to mean "s/he says" or "s/he

> said," when reporting a dialog. For example, an incident might go

> something like this:

>

> He's all, "Would you like to go?"

> And she's all, "I'll have to check my schedule."

> And he's all, "Let me know, okay?"

>

> Interestingly enough, my two older children have never seemed to acquire

> this usage.

>

> Have any of you heard this?



Yup. My ten year old son uses "s/he's all." I don't know where he got it

from. He lives in Minneapolis aprt of the time and Taos, New Mexico the

rest of the time.