[geeks] Anybody can borrow me $10k? hehe....

[David Cantrell]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 06:06:04AM -0500, Donald McClure wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 02:29  AM, Yuri K wrote:
> > but I have a question as a student of English:
> >    Wasn't the subj supposed to read "Anybody can lend me $10k?"
> >    Or am I still brainwashed by Commies? They taught us that one
> >    borrows from...
> Your brainwashers were correct. This, however, is a bit of slang. 

Not one I've come across.  At least here, "anybody can borrow me $10k?" is
just plain wrong.  But English varies widely from place to place, espcially
from one side of the puddle to t'other.

> Another similar example would be the substitution of the word "learned" 
> for "taught," as in "Mrs. Mathers learned me how to spell my name 
> today." or "She learnt me real good." I used to hear this kind of thing 
> a lot when I lived in Kentucky.

The "anybody can" construction grates on me too.  Whilst it is correct under
some circumstances, it ain't here.  It should be "can anybody".  Again,
YdialectMV.

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