Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 18:56:37 -0500

From: Daniel S Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU

Subject: Re: go/come with



On Tue, 25 Oct 1994, M. Lynne Murphy wrote:



leaving out the object in "go/come with" is typical of northern

illinois and other parts of the midwest, and presumed by many to be

from germanic influence.



the phenomenon is much more widespread here in south african english,

where, e.g., i could offer you lunch and ask "have you had?"



It's common in Minnesota, which certainly does have German influence. It

apparently never caught on in the parts of New York State that used to be

Dutch-speaking.



Something else I wonder about --- "If he would have" where standard

English would be "If he had." It's common in Minnesota -- is it from

German, and/or one of the Scandinavian languages?



Dan Goodman dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]maroon.tc.umn.edu